Having visitors is an excuse for time off (although they may be made to
work first)
We went up the Pic du Midi which is the highest peak in this part of the Pyrénées. You can see it from the house. There is an observatory on the top which explains the spikes.
http://www.picdumidi.com/
The cable car up goes from La Mongie which is a ski station (the nearest to us) in winter, and has a lot of cows, lamas, alpacas, horses etc in the summer (they are walked up there in the traditional way from different villages during the
transhumance in the spring. They have big festivals as they do it and we hope to go to one - certainly one year anyway...)
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| Doug meets cow in La Mongie |
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| Pic du Midi Observatory |
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| Vulture?? |
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| Doug and Rhoda |
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| The cable car with the Pyrénées in the background |
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| Alpaca and cyclists - lot of both around |
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| Looking at the Midi from the garden (very top right of photo) |
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