The Pyrenees always calls me back. I loved doing the whole of the HRP (haute route Pyrenees – 750km coast to coast) last year and my wanderings the year before. This year I am taking a slightly loop de loop approach, starting in Ax les thermes, heading east for a bit to do the Tour […]
It’s August, time for the Pyrenees Read More »
Day 21 (continued) – Etang de l’albe to Ruisseau de la grave (via Hospitalet pres de l’andorre at the start of the final stage 5) 27.5 hiked, c.1715m ascent, bivvied on a flat spot above the stream en route to Bouilliouse lake In total 567k walked, 3.2kg cheese consumed (the first few paras are a
Day 16 – Salardu to Alos d’isil – lost my hiking mojo – a wall of grass, an exposed ridge and a neverending boulder field 24k hiked, c.1800m ascent, pitched near the river, discreetly, ten minutes up the road from Alos In total 454.5 walked, 2.6kg cheese consumed Hubby dropped me off at the trail
Day 10 – Gavarnie to Lac Barroude – two rolled ankles, a skinned knee, a great lunch, and a misty afternoon 30k hiked, c.2900m ascent, bivouacked next to Lac Barroude In total 306.5k walked, 1.8kg cheese consumed I didn’t have much of a plan today. I had hoped to sleep in as was planning on
Haute Route Pyrenean stage 3 – Gavarnie to Salardu (150k in 5.5 days) Read More »
Day 6 Lescun to Candanchu – an epic day of inversions 36k hiked, 2560m ascent, Stayed at a ski resort in Candanchu In total 204k walked, 1.3kg cheese consumed I woke up at 5 and it was raining, and I finally roused myself at 6.10, packed up my went tent, after putting on my wet
Haute Route Pyrenean stage 2 – Lescun to Gavarnie (four days, 125km) Read More »
So, avid blog readers may remember I hiked part of the haute route Pyrenean last year (a.k.a the Pyrenean High Route or the HRP). I loved the sections I did, and part of me also wanted to do the full traverse of the width of France (having done the lengthwise traverse a few years back),
I took a bit of a beating in Bosnia given the heat and carrying a heavy load of food, and my fitness isn’t in top form, so I adjusted my plans for hiking the HRP (the High Route) in August to be a little bit easier. For the first time in years, I am actually
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Today was the last day! No need for an alarm as I was wide awake by 4.45. We set off at 5.45 to get as much of the distance done as possible before it got too hot and also to avoid the storms that were meant to come later. Honestly, it was a brutal day!
Gr5 Day 15 (Last Day!) – My knees say enough now!!!! Read More »
Je dois poster au moins une fois en français pour mes compatriotes adoptés! J’ai passé un moment extraordinaire sur le gr5 /55/52, non seulement parce que les Alpes sont extraordinaires, mais aussi parce que je suis bénie à chaque tournant par la bonté des inconnus. Remerciements spéciaux à : – Manu et Ben qui m’ont « récupérée
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The plan today was to cross the hairy passes with my two young hiking buddies and stop at the refuge de merveilles. But I was having so much fun chasing them down the hills that I kept walking with them until camp d’argent, an extra 15km which took an extra four hours. Today was one
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