Showing posts with label Pyrenees 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pyrenees 2013. Show all posts
Thursday, 20 June 2019

Happy Days in the Pyrenees

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  On 6 August 2013 I had the pleasure of bumping into Uli (with the beard) whilst I was walking the GR10 route across the Pyrenees. We...
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Tuesday, 17 June 2014

‘A Pyrenean Adventure’ in New Zealand

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I’m indebted to my old friend Geoffrey for this picture of Ruth with ‘ A Pyrenean Adventure ’ in Wellington, New Zealand. This certainly ge...
Sunday, 10 November 2013

A Pyrenean Adventure – The Book

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My first book is out, thanks largely to TGO Challenger Humphrey Weightman, who I discovered on my return from the Pyrenees had re-formatte...
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Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Pyrenean Friends

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We returned from the Pyrenees with lots of new friends, resulting from encounters along the way.  Here are four of them – Chantal, Joël, Yo...
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Friday, 16 August 2013

Thursday 15 August 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 62 - Stage 1 - Back to Timperley

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For the sake of completeness. .. With flights from Perpignan being the subject of extortionate costs, I'd looked at train pos...
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Thursday, 15 August 2013

Wednesday 14 August 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 61 - Stage 50 - Col de l'Oullat to Banyuls-sur-Mer

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Distance: 25 km (Cum: 953 km)      Ascent: 800 metres (Cum: 52,300 metres) Additional distance and ascent on rest days: 40 km and 600 metres...
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Occasional Pyrenean Flowers (21)

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Frequently seen in woodland and shady places in the Pyrenees - broomrapes, which are parasitic on the roots of other plants and lack green p...
Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Banyuls-sur-Mer

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Finished - 3.15 pm, Wednesday 14 August 2013.  In the Mediterranean. Unable to proceed further.  Picture courtesy of David Roberts Photograp...
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Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Tuesday 13 August 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 60 - Stage 49 - Las Illas to Col de l'Oullat

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Distance: 25 km (Cum: 928 km)      Ascent: 1020 metres (Cum: 51,500 metres)                       Time taken: 7.0 hrs including 1.5 hrs stop...
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Occasional Pyrenean Tractors (6)

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This special bonus edition may be the last of this series. Proper tractors seem quite rare in the Pyrenees!  By the way, Alan, the ...
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Monday 12 August 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 59 - Stage 48 - Moulin de la Palette to Las Illas

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Distance: 23 km (Cum: 903 km)       Ascent: 1050 metres (Cum: 50,480 metres)                       Time taken: 8.0 hrs including 1.75 hrs st...
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Occasional Pyrenean Flowers (20)

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An Alpine or Pyrenean trip can't be allowed to conclude without a Houseleek picture.  I think this is Mountain Houseleek (Sempervivium m...
Monday, 12 August 2013

Moulin de la Palette Eco-Gîte

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Here are the pictures that wouldn't transmit earlier.  Sent from a vary bright lunch spot near Roc de France. 
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Sunday 11 August 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 58 - Stage 47 (part/variant) - Amélie-les-Bains to Moulin de la Palette

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IDistance: 12 km (Cum: 880 km)      Ascent: 1200 metres (Cum: 49,430 metres)                       Time taken: 6.0 hrs including 1.5 hrs sto...
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Saturday, 10 August 2013

Saturday 10 August 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 57 - Amélie-les-Bains

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Weather: sunny and hot Last night was spent most enjoyably with a 'blast from the past', David, and his wife Jan.  You may recall th...
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Occasional Pyrenean Flowers (19)

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Globeflowers have, together with Marsh Marigolds, graced places damp with gently running water for the entire crossing of the Pyrenees.  Eng...

Occasional Pyrenean Tractors (5)

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More a tractor unit than a tractor, but I was getting desperate.  This one was parked outside the Mines de Batère gîte. Sent from...
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Friday, 9 August 2013

Friday 9 August 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 56 - Stage 47 (part) - Mines de Batère to Amélie-les-Bains

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Distance: 17 km (Cum: 868 km)      Ascent: 100 metres (Cum: 48,230 metres)                       Time taken: 5.0 hrs including 1.5 hrs stops...
Thursday, 8 August 2013

Thursday 8 August 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 55 - Stage 45 and 46 (variant over Pic du Canigou - Refuge de Mariailles to Mines de Batère

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Distance: 33 km (Cum: 851 km)      Ascent: 1370 metres (Cum: 48,130 metres)                       Time taken: 9.5 hrs including 2.0 hrs stop...
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Wednesday, 7 August 2013

Wednesday 7 August 2013 - Pyrenees GR10 - Day 54 - Stages 42 to 44 variant (3) - Refugi Ulldeter to Refuge de Mariailles

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Distance: 21 km (Cum: 818 km)      Ascent: 620 metres (Cum: 46,760 metres)                       Time taken: 7.25 hrs including 1.5 hrs stop...
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