Col De Tourmalet Target

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Pano pic again.  This was an awesome view.  We were en route to Col du Tourmalet, the famous Tour de France route.  Weather 20 degs.  Perfect.  Views magic – prob the best you’ll get anywhere on the globe.     Then we end up with a tour buster…

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What do you do?  Route blocked.  Nothing to do but eat a nice meal and have coffee at the restaurant there.  Not VFM I can tell you.  Well, you pay for the views. 😉

So re-route was needed.  Back to laruns and round the top towards Lourdes, down to Argeles gazost.

We eventually found a nice site, with very helpful owners.  Nice welcome.

IMG_2047Err – beer at 11.6%!!!  Dangerous stuff.  I can barely type even though I have drank only half a can!

So here we are, pitched, set up and been to the supermarket.  Broccoli, onion, chicken, potatoes, fococcia bread, plus the usual mushroom soup!  Sooty’s idea.  Not mine.

 

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