13/05-02/06/2006 - photos
Participants: Tom Brennan, Rachel Grindlay
Cauterets, Pyrenees
Rachel part of the way up the Pic de Cabaliros
Further up the walk as the cloud descends
Daffodils amongst hundreds of buds - image what it would be like in a couple of weeks
Views from the Col de Contente
An old refuge
Almost at the peak
View of the Pyrenees
At the Pic de Cabaliros (2334m)
Rachel trying to not get sunburnt (she failed - the last time Tom listens when Rachel says to not bother bringing sunscreen)
Tom descending
Tom crossing stream
Rachel in the middle of the stream
View from our street in Cauterets
Some rock formations en route to Lac de Gaube
Rachel and Tom at Lac de Gaube
Lac de Gaube
On the other side of Lac de Gaube
Looking up the valley
Rachel
Looking down the valley
Waterfall at Pont d'Espagne
Tom on Pont d'Espagne
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
Cascade du Ceriset
Tom above the gave (mountain stream) descending to La Railliere
Cascade de Lutour
Day 3 in Cauterets - we walked to Plateau du Lisey (1636m)
Tom and Rachel at the Plateau du Lisey
Some of the cows at the Plateau du Lisey
Plateau du Lisey
View from the Turon des Oules on the way down
Tom on one of the old paths
The river running through (and under) Cauterets
The apartment we stayed in
Another view of the tiny apartment
Cauterets
View from the apartment balcony