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    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 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 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”

    July 1, 2018 by nickiletts

    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”

    June 28, 2018 by nickiletts

    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”

    June 26, 2018 by mat8it

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