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 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 5: Ham sandwiches
Hummock campsite – St. Engrace via LogibarDistance: 32km Elevation: 1187m Fuel: petit dejeuner, mars bar, crisps, two lemonades, ham and tomato baguette, beer, Diet Coke. Gear fails:… Read more “Day 5: Ham sandwiches”
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”
Pintxos and Pavements
RUN TO EAT. Yup – that pretty much describes our past week in San Sebastian (Donostia), in the heart of Spain’s Basque Country. Rise, run, find a… Read more “Pintxos and Pavements”
How to survive the Nullarbor
So, you want to cross the Nullarbor? Read this first! Stretching 1,160 kilometres across the Australian outback, from Norseman to Port Augusta, the Nullarbor crossing takes in two states,… Read more “How to survive the Nullarbor”
York: A Tale of Two Cities
Today we visited the historic town of York. Confused? I was! After living in the English York for 5 years, I was intrigued when we saw a… Read more “York: A Tale of Two Cities”
Run, Old Girl, Run 