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Chamonix Visit
We had appointments to attend at the Prefecture in Annecy. They wouldn’t do us both on the same day so we had 4 nights in Chamonix between appointments. As getting there provided an opportunity to see different parts of the country we had 3 nights in Buis les Baronnies on the way and 2 nights […]
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Spanish Jaunt
With only three days before we had to leave to travel North we had a weather window. That is, we had a “good†weather window, and in the spirit of adventure we packed rucksacks and headed to Spain. From the door we went over Port de Salau and down to the Fornet Refuge for the […]
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Upcycling
After a couple of days of being inside a cloud at the barn we have a couple of small projects completed indoors. The largest was to replace the bathroom sink. This is best shown with a before and after shot. Thanks to: Debbie White for the barrel and Dave R for transporting it to Yorkshire, […]
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Pique Rouge de Bassies
After two days of life inside a cloud at the barn, the weather turned and we capitalised on the opportunity to venture out. Destination Aulus and Pique Rouge de Bassies. Parked at Coumebiere and headed south past the old gold mines to Col de las Fouzes. At the Col we turned right to follow the […]
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Tuc des Fourmiguet and Cabane D’Aula
A grey day as we set off from Col de la Pause but that burnt off as we climbed to Etang D’Areau. We tried to find a path behind the refuge to contour around to the Col above Cabane D’Aula. In this respect we were wholely unsuccessful. We found a path that headed in the […]
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Pic de Seron via Crete de Seron
Met up with Lee and Suzie for an explore. Again it is a peak that we have done several times before, along from the ski station at Guzet, though never by this route in this direction. Starting at Gerac and heading round to the quarry at the bottom of the Crete de Seron from where […]
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Exploring more of the border
There is something nice about being able to get straight out the door and into the mountains. There is a great temptation to say that having been up to the border from the barn that it has been done and we don’t need to go again. There are however so many little deviations and detours […]
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Making stuff
On our return from the UK we had 7 days of “voluntary quarantineâ€. Not quite sure how that fits in to a Nation managing Covid, but we did it anyway. This gave us plenty of opportunity to fix, fettle and create things. As well as gardening. Noteworthy examples were: The steps out of the front […]
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Subirou traverse
After some internet comms with Sheri, Michael and Ian we arranged a car drop to enable us all to traverse Subirou. This is a mountain ridge you can see from the barn which gives magnificent views of the French side of this area of the Pyrenees. Starting at the old mine above Salau and climbing […]
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Getting Started
Having driven from Chamonix in a day and stayed overnight with Rene & Anouk at the Auberge in Salau, we got up to the barn with a very laden van. As well as “stuff†we brought over from the UK at the beginning of the winter, we had acquired quite a lot of random salvage […]