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We had a great walk up Crete de Vars today. It was quite cloudy when we left the campsite but at least that meant it was cool because we had quite an ascent ahead of us. We set off through the forest and the path zigzagged up hill relentlessly. We could see rain clouds on... Continue Reading →
We had a lie in today after our busy day yesterday and, although we had planned to go walking, decided to have a day on the campsite. We did our huge bag of washing and read for a bit while it dried, then borrowed Dan's stand up paddle boards and went to play on the... Continue Reading →
Today was race day. We woke early, partly because the marshals seemed to be meeting where we'd parked, before heading off to their checkpoints, partly because of pre race nerves. The marathon started at 8.00 and the half marathon at started 9.00, shortly before our 12k at 9.10. We were very apprehensive because this was... Continue Reading →
Our race is tomorrow in the Ubaye valley so we prepared the van for a night away from the campsite and set off. We headed up numerous hairpin bends, with beautiful views, to Col de Vars where we were meeting the Moorcroft family for a walk. The walk was a gentle bimble around the hillside...... Continue Reading →
We are doing a 12k trail race on Sunday so today we had decided we need to do some training. We had planned a walk to get used to more altitude, but it rained in the night and, when we woke up this morning, the hills and mountains were hidden in the clouds. It was... Continue Reading →
John packed the bikes on the back of the van to go mountain biking from Puy St Vincent today, 30 minutes up the valley. The plan was to get the ski lift up and bike back down. Matthew's young children, Evie and Ollie were doing the easier blue run so we thought it might be... Continue Reading →
I was brave today. I went paddling. John, Dan and Matthew, took vehicles to the get out point 10 kilometres up the river and, when they were back we got on at the campsite. I was really apprehensive because I haven't paddled for a while and the river looked quite fast to me. However, Dan... Continue Reading →
We planned to go to Chateau Queyras today to do an easy via ferrata and visit Fort Queyras. However, the via ferrata kit we planned to borrow from Dan's family didn't fit so we'll have to borrow from someone else or hire kit and do that another day. We drove up the Guil valley out... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, we decided to have an easy day so we could catch up on our sleep and go shopping. We had planned to go out on the lake with kayaks and Dan's stand up paddle board but we had some storms in the afternoon and decided we'd just relax and read our books instead. Today... Continue Reading →
Today we had a beautiful walk to a col, which was over 2300m. We left the van at one end, jumped in Dan's car and drove further up the valley. It was cloudy when we started walking along a lovely, path around the mountainside, ascending gently. I was quite pleased that it wasn't too hot,... Continue Reading →
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