We’ve scored two strikes on walking up various high bits of the Pyrenees so far. A trip or two ago, we decided to strike out for Andorra starting at one of our favourite mountain locations, the barrage de Soulcem. We…
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Lac d’Ourrec
Posted in 2011 Autumn Tagged with: Bagnere-de-Bigorre, France, Lac d'Ourrec, photography, Pyrenees, travel
Fêtes des Mariolles
All of our exploring here at Bagnères-de-Bigorre has begun by driving up the Vallée de Campan. Campan is a large village/small town a few kilometres east of us which we had to pass through to get to the climbs up…
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Col d’Aspin
Having driven up the giant Col du Tourmalet yesterday, we thought we’d try another of the Tour de France cols, the Col d’Aspin. The most important quality an organizer of Le Tour can possess is that he or she be…
Posted in 2011 Autumn Tagged with: Bagnere-de-Bigorre, Col d'Aspin, dragonflies, France, nature, odonata, Payrolle, photography, travel, wildlife
To the Mountains
In our experience, you can’t plan a trip to the mountains (in Europe, at least). We are not beach people, we are much more at home in the countryside and there is no more majestic countryside than mountains. The trouble…
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