13/05-02/06/2006 - photos

Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay

Cauterets, Pyrenees

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Rachel part of the way up the Pic de Cabaliros

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Further up the walk as the cloud descends

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Daffodils amongst hundreds of buds - image what it would be like in a couple of weeks

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Views from the Col de Contente

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An old refuge

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Almost at the peak

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View of the Pyrenees

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At the Pic de Cabaliros (2334m)

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Rachel trying to not get sunburnt (she failed - the last time Tom listens when Rachel says to not bother bringing sunscreen)

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Tom descending

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Tom crossing stream

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Rachel in the middle of the stream

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View from our street in Cauterets

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Some rock formations en route to Lac de Gaube

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Rachel and Tom at Lac de Gaube

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Lac de Gaube

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On the other side of Lac de Gaube

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Looking up the valley

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Rachel

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Looking down the valley

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Waterfall at Pont d'Espagne

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Tom on Pont d'Espagne

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The track we took back to Cauterets is called the Sentier des Cascades. Unsurprisingly there are a lot of waterfalls! This one is Cascade de Bousses

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Cascade du Ceriset

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Tom above the gave (mountain stream) descending to La Railliere

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Cascade de Lutour

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Day 3 in Cauterets - we walked to Plateau du Lisey (1636m)

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Tom and Rachel at the Plateau du Lisey

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Some of the cows at the Plateau du Lisey

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Plateau du Lisey

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View from the Turon des Oules on the way down

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Tom on one of the old paths

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The river running through (and under) Cauterets

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The apartment we stayed in

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Another view of the tiny apartment

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Cauterets

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View from the apartment balcony