Having never heard of it prior to our arrival here, the Cirque du Gavarnie seems to be the main event for visiting tourists. Purely by luck, we’ve had fantastic views of it as we’ve been rock climbing in the area over the last week. Even during yesterday’s low cloud, we had great views from above… Read more

Climbing at the high mountain crags of Sarradets Peak had been high on my list of things to go for when we were planning this trip back at The Cottage, earlier in the year. Fantastic rock, big routes, high in the mountains and next to a hut too. It sounded great. Unfortunately, the hut is… Read more

A short walk from the top of yet more switchbacks at the Col de Tentes, gets you this fantastic view. As a bonus, there is also a great looking 50m high slab to climb.  The climbing was good, but sadly the bolts looked terrible and they inspired no confidence in them at all. We chose… Read more

Two Chamois were running across the hillside when we woke this morning. The sky remained brilliant blue as we open our eyes to watch their bounding silhouettes cross the ridge and remembered where we were. There was not a ripple on the lake.  On the opposite side of the lake a marmot was stood tall… Read more

The day started with an unexpected visit from some friends of ours from Ireland! A few text exchanges in the morning followed by a bit of shopping for supplies, took us up to a quiet little lay-by on the road above Gavarnie. We’d just brewed up when the guys pulled up alongside! We did some… Read more

Blue sky and calm greeted us on our final morning in the Chili Apartment. After our earliest rise yet, we were packed up and checked out by 10am and drove straight down to the Château Sainte Marie in Luz. Oh, and last night, before bad light stopped play, we had our last golf tournament which… Read more