Geoff Jones

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Rambling, rain & recked

Having walked 51 miles in the past three days and with over 18,000 feet of ascent and descent on the GR10. Last nights storms & heavy rain this morning gave me a good reason to spend an idle day here in the luxury of La mason du Valier 🙂
Yesterdays highlight was been only feet away from a massive eagle taking off from a dead cow! The low was getting lost 3 times descending from Clot de Lac in thick cloud 🙁
Tomorrow is another epic day to Esbints, the guides reckon 10 hours so I guess it will be more like 12!
The calendar here says my birthday saint is St Samson, let’s hope I live upto the name….

Thick cloud on the GR10

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Today I recommence my GR10 walk from the Atlantic to The Mediterrean along The Pyrenees. I stopped halfway in Luchon 4 years ago in freezing cloud & very wet! Today is not looking so good either. It should be 11 hours to get to Fos reaching 2193metres above Luchon (650metres).
Now for breakfast….
Evening update!
I arrived in Fos at La Gentilhommiere hotel (run by English folks) at 17.47 having walked 18.2 miles in 7hr 21min plus 3hr 6min of stopped time. Must have done at least 2000m ascent & descent 🙂
Drank all my 2 litres of water!
On Pic de Cabanere (2193m) I managed to glimpse above the clouds the Pyrenees only glacier! Otherwise visibility was horrific – thank goodness the balisage were plentiful on the tops.

Shared items

Whilst on my evening walk on this glorious midsummer’s evening listening to the amazing Matt Darey Nocturnal show #305 I bumped into Rend, whilst chatting to her,  I realised that few people are aware that I read / glance at about 900 blogs/feeds in my free time. Any posts that catch my eye or that I like are shared 🙂

Once at home, even I, didn’t realise that google has made a very nice page of all my shared items that is visible here. I will make this a link in my main menu bar.

Now for some more reading 🙂 & Matt Darey.

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