Today was almost entirely downhill and was a short stage. The trail crossed a mixture of pasture and forest, walking on good tracks before we got onto wider forest roads. We made fast progress, passing the three couples who had set off before us. We took quite a few breaks as we knew we would arrive very early in Stall. The tracks finally joined a tarred road, which we walked on almost to the outskirts of Stall. The route then took us away from the main road before a final uphill section to the finish point. We had passed the closed supermarket, and the hotel opposite also seemed to be shut. The Dutch couple turned up, and I went down to a restaurant on the min road to see if it was open. Good news, it was, and I went back and collected the others. We had a good lunch, during which there was a bizarre incident. A couple of motorcyclists turned up and one had a t-shirt with the Kuwaiti flag on it. We spoke to them, and as they worked for the KOC, they knew people there from my time there; it’s a small world. We walked back up to our accommodation, and will return for an evening meal in the same restaurant.
Nice scenery, but similar to yesterday, so no photos today.