Queralbs and Nuria. Snow, Water and an Unexpected Train Journey
31/10/18 -02/11/18 The last day of October was rather rainy and unpleasant. We drove to Ripoll, which is quite a large town for the area, and did some supermarket shopping…. Read more »
Category: Walking
Heading Into Spain: Gothic Bridges and Pyrenean Chamois
29/10/18 – 30/10/18 We weren’t really sure what to expect from the Spanish Pyrenees. The French side of the mountains seems much more talked about in the motorhoming world, but… Read more »
Wobbly Bridges and Historic Paths in the Carança Gorge
24/10/18 – 25/10/18 We left Les Angles behind and continued south and east along the N116. This road is wide and well constructed and makes sickening large swooping turns. The… Read more »
Following the Aude
22/10/18 – 24/10/18 Following our morning of sightseeing in Carcassonne we decided to crack on back into the Pyrenees. Our target was Les Angles, a large ski resort in the… Read more »
Snowy Border Crossings at the Hospice de France
14/10/18 – 16/10/18 We had a fixed date in the diary for the coming weekend, a rugby match in the town of Castres. Although we’d already been to Bagneres de… Read more »
A Trip to Another Cirque
12/10/18 The Cirque de Gavarnie may be the most famous of the Pyrenean cirques, but it is not the only one. When the day dawned with yet more cloud hanging… Read more »
Thwarted at 3000m
11/10/18 While here in Gavarnie I wanted to tackle one of the easier 3000m peaks of the Pyrenees. The Pic du Taillon stands as the highest mountain of the Cirque… Read more »
A Birthday in Gavarnie
09/10/18 – 10/10/18 We left the campsite with a vague promise of better weather from at least one weather app. Our destination was Gavarnie, a tourist honey-pot and probably the… Read more »
A Couple of Cols and a Pic
03/10/18 – 05/10/18 The weather for the coming weekend was predicted to be wet and cold, and we wanted to tick off a couple of things before it changed for… Read more »
Playing in the Clouds at Superbagnères
30/09/18 – 02/10/18 As the weather is still beautifully sunny and warm I’m a little surprised to find that we’re now into October; a month that usually signals a definite… Read more »
Aulus-les-Bains and the Cascade d’Ars
27/09/18 – 29/09/18 After two weeks of sweaty walking and cycling we needed to do some washing. A bit of google maps investigation revealed that our closest launderette was at… Read more »
Not Quite in Andorra
24/09/18 – 26/09/18 We woke up on the top of the Col de Pailheres in thick fog, we could barely see anything; a bit of a concern as we wanted… Read more »
Lammergeiers from the Pic de Tarbesou
22/09/18 – 23/09/18 True to our expectations we ached when we woke up. Our calf muscles were tight, thighs were sore and getting out of our raised bed was a… Read more »
A Couple of Days in the Orlu Valley
20/09/18 – 21/09/18 We headed back downhill from the 3-Ax ski area to Ax-les-Thermes and parked in the same daytime parking spot as we did a couple of days ago…. Read more »
Stretching our Legs
19/08/18 We feel refreshed after a good night’s sleep and wake to find that the skies are blue and any signs of the previous night’s thunder and rain have been… Read more »
Just Before We Go
10/09/18 -12/09/18 It has been such a busy summer. Three months we have been back and yet I don’t know where the time has gone. It’s been wonderful to catch… Read more »
Two Descend on Dorset
08/08/18 – 14/08/18 Enid Blyton, author of the Famous Five books (amongst many others), was a great lover of the Dorset countryside, particularly the Isle of Purbeck and it’s main… Read more »
Getting Around near Beadnell
23/07/18 – 27/07/18 I have always been a fan of public transport. I didn’t learn to drive until I was in my late twenties, and that was more out of… Read more »
Gran Paradiso Part 3: Our Final Valley
11/06/18 – 12/06/18 At the bottom of the Valsavarenche, just above the village of Introd which proudly proclaims it is a ‘Friend of Popes’, another valley splits off. This is… Read more »
Gran Paradiso Part 2: Ibex on the Slopes of the Big One
07/06/18 – 10/06/18 These blog posts may get a bit samey…visit a valley in the Aosta region, cycle a bit, walk a bit, see some marmots etc etc. if they… Read more »