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    Author: nickiletts

    Day 15: Switchbacks

    Cabane d’Ourtiga – Luchon Distance: 31.5km Elevation: 1603m Fuel: Pain au chocolat. Mars bar, petit dejeuner (with double helping of bread and coffee and myrtle berry jam!),… Read more “Day 15: Switchbacks”

    July 12, 2018July 23, 2018 by nickiletts

    Day 14: Middle of nowhere

    Vielle Aure – Cabane d’Ourtiga (1600m) Distance: 20km Elevation: 1565m Fuel: Muffins and yoghurt for brekkie, pain au chocolat, cafe au lait, baguette with the best sausage… Read more “Day 14: Middle of nowhere”

    July 12, 2018July 23, 2018 by nickiletts

    Day 13: Sugar and coffee

    Bareges – Vielle-Aure Distance: 45km Elevation: 1700m gain, 2100m loss (!) Fuel: Two pastries for brekkie, bag of peanuts, magnum ice-creams, coffee and coca-cola, baguette with mackerel… Read more “Day 13: Sugar and coffee”

    July 11, 2018July 23, 2018 by nickiletts

    Day 12: Hit the road

    Cauterets – Bareges Distance: 35km Elevation: 2070m Fuel: The best petit dejeuner we’ve had yet – there was nothing “petit” about it! Croissants, yoghurts, baguette, coffee, muffins,… Read more “Day 12: Hit the road”

    July 11, 2018July 23, 2018 by nickiletts

    Day 11: J’adore Cauterets

    Lac d’Estaing – Cauterets  Distance: 18km Elevation: 1574m Fuel: too much to list! We knew we’d love Cauterets from the second we ran in, furiously scratching bites… Read more “Day 11: J’adore Cauterets”

    July 11, 2018July 23, 2018 by nickiletts

    Day 10: What we packed

    Leruns – Lac d’Estaing Distance: 38km Elevation: 1700m Fuel: Petit dejeuner, tinned mackerel on baguette (so good!), 2 x cafe au laits (worst yet!), chocolate muffin, sausage… Read more “Day 10: What we packed”

    July 8, 2018July 23, 2018 by nickiletts

    Day 9: Diversion

    Shepherds hut – Leruns (via Gabas) Distance: 19km Elevation: 300m Fuel: Mars bars for brekkie (so naughty!), ham baguette, red wine and beer, gourmet dinner (steak, duck,… Read more “Day 9: Diversion”

    July 8, 2018 by nickiletts

    Day 8: A comedy of errors

    Lac Gentau- Gabas – Shepherds hut Distance: 42km Elevation: 1777m Gear fails: Nicki’s pole snapped so she can’t put her whole weight on it… let’s just say… Read more “Day 8: A comedy of errors”

    July 7, 2018July 8, 2018 by nickiletts

    Day 7: Pics and Cols

    Plateau de Lehrs – Lac Gentau  Distance: 27km (small but steep day!) Elevation: 2288m (yikes! That’s like climbing Mt Kosci in one hit!) Gear fails: Mat’s water… Read more “Day 7: Pics and Cols”

    July 5, 2018 by nickiletts

    Day 6: Hitting the highs

    Ste-Engrace – Plateau de Lhers via the charming village of Lescun Distance: 34km  Elevation: 1540m Gear fails: Nicki’s Teva sandals are finally done. They might just last… Read more “Day 6: Hitting the highs”

    July 5, 2018 by nickiletts

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