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
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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, 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 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 5: Ham sandwiches
Hummock campsite – St. Engrace via LogibarDistance: 32km Elevation: 1187m Fuel: petit dejeuner, mars bar, crisps, two lemonades, ham andContinue 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
Pintxos and Pavements
RUN TO EAT. Yup – that pretty much describes our past week in San Sebastian (Donostia), in the heart ofContinue Reading
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,Continue Reading
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,Continue Reading
