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”
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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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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 for a campsite!) Elevation: 1550m Food: 1x CLIF… Read more “Day 3: A frenzy of flies”
Day 1: Settling
Hendaye – wild camping 2km before Ainhoa Distance: 40km Elevation: 1636m Gear fails: Nicki’s sunglasses broke (more down to her bad packing than anything else); won’t know… Read more “Day 1: Settling”
Anticipation
We’re in Hendaye, drinking ciders, watching the sea swhoosh in and out. In and out. This is the last time we’ll see the sea until the other… Read more “Anticipation”
