Day 14: Middle of nowhere
Vielle Aure – Cabane d’Ourtiga (1600m) Distance: 20km Elevation: 1565m Fuel: Muffins and yoghurt for brekkie, pain au chocolat, cafeContinue Reading
Tag: Pyrenees
Day 13: Sugar and coffee
Bareges – Vielle-Aure Distance: 45km Elevation: 1700m gain, 2100m loss (!) Fuel: Two pastries for brekkie, bag of peanuts, magnumContinue Reading
Day 12: Hit the road
Cauterets – Bareges Distance: 35km Elevation: 2070m Fuel: The best petit dejeuner we’ve had yet – there was nothing “petit”Continue Reading
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 theContinue Reading
Day 9: Diversion
Shepherds hut – Leruns (via Gabas) Distance: 19km Elevation: 300m Fuel: Mars bars for brekkie (so naughty!), ham baguette, redContinue Reading
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 herContinue Reading
Day 7: Pics and Cols
Plateau de Lehrs – Lac Gentau Distance: 27km (small but steep day!) Elevation: 2288m (yikes! That’s like climbing Mt KosciContinue Reading
Day 3: A frenzy of flies
Col d’Harrieta – Esterencuby via St Jean Pied de Port Distance: 42.1km (plus a couple of k’s extra looking forContinue Reading
Day 1: Settling
Hendaye – wild camping 2km before Ainhoa Distance: 40km Elevation: 1636m Gear fails: Nicki’s sunglasses broke (more down to herContinue Reading
Anticipation
We’re in Hendaye, drinking ciders, watching the sea swhoosh in and out. In and out. This is the last timeContinue Reading
