Day 13 – Cucuron
by Jon arrived about half past nine after a heroic run down from London to the south of France in his car. I had gone off …
Day 12 – Béziers to Cucuron (Provence)
The day started with glorious sunshine and a seriously good hotel-breakfast which more than made up for the mediocrity of the room. As single male …
Day 1 1 – Lourdes to Saint-Lary, Tarascon then to Béziers
A first cautious glimpse out of the tent saw blue sky, lots of it. It was still pretty chilly but at least no clouds and …
Day 10 – Lourdes and a visit to the Larrey museum in Beaudéan and film in Bagnères-de-Bigorre
The night was wet and several heavier storms went through up until about 10 in the morning, after that a light to heavy drizzle set …
Day 9 – Lourdes
My telephone had threatened two thunderstorms in the night but fortunately nothing came of them. I rose at 08:30, showered and the usual and collected …
Day 8 – Escalona to Lourdes via Biescas, Laruns and the cols also Strike4Climate day
Oddly I woke up about half an hour before the alarm and mused about the next few days. I´d phoned yesterday evening with the friend …
Day 7 – Beaudéan to Escalona (Spain)
Breaking camp was a a bit challenging because the sunshadow and the tent layers were very wet so I needed to modify my packing system …
Day 6 – Beaudéan, laundry and a wet day
In the night I was woken up several times by rain squalls and a full-blown thunderstorm. The tent seemed, however, to be holding out despite …
Day 5 – Conques to Beaudéan
Again, I woke up slightly before dawn (I´m actually a long-sleeper but years of traumatology seem to surgically removed that part of me), I was …
Day 4 – Ruoms to Conques
I slept incredibly well on the airbed again and wake up just before dawn. I was lying there for a while and thought about the …