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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 →
We awoke refreshed after 10 hours sleep, packed the van and set off, stopping for croissants and pain au raisins in the local boulangerie. The journey was once again uneventful, with a couple of stops for breakfast and lunch in the sunshine, and one for diesel when, as we hit the hills, the fuel consumption... Continue Reading →
This time yesterday, we'd barely left home and, already we've done over 750 miles. The journey has, thankfully, been very uneventful... Apart from the shocking cost of tolls! Over 100 euros so far! Â Once I'd finished work and we'd packed the van and said goodbye to Millie, we set off for the Eurotunnel terminal in... Continue Reading →
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