Haute Route Pyrenean – stage 5 from Hospitalet pres de l’Andorre to Banyuls sur Mer (190km – 6 full days)

Day 21 (continued) – Etang de l’albe to Ruisseau de la grave (via Hospitalet pres de l’andorre at the start of the final stage 5) 27.5 hiked, c.1715m ascent, bivvied on a flat spot above the stream en route to Bouilliouse lake  In total 567k walked, 3.2kg cheese consumed  (the first few paras are a […]

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Haute Route Pyrenean Stage 4 Salardu to Hospitalet pres de l’Andorre – 118.5k in 5.5 days

Day 16 – Salardu to Alos d’isil – lost my hiking mojo – a wall of grass, an exposed ridge and a neverending boulder field 24k hiked, c.1800m ascent, pitched near the river, discreetly, ten minutes up the road from Alos In total 454.5 walked, 2.6kg cheese consumed Hubby dropped me off at the trail

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Hiking the width of France – the Haute Route Pyrenean – Stage 1 Hendaye to Lescun ( 165k in 5 days)

So, avid blog readers may remember I hiked part of the haute route Pyrenean last year (a.k.a the Pyrenean High Route or the HRP). I loved the sections I did, and part of me also wanted to do the full traverse of the width of France (having done the lengthwise traverse a few years back),

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The best hike in Ladakh – Rumtse to Tso Moriri, with 6 passes over 5000m (100km 3.5 days)

The other trek I had wanted to do in Ladakh was the high altitude walk from Rumtse to Tso Moriro – not a technical trail but apparently one of the most stunning in the region. Arranging it was slightly problematic as almost everyone does this 100km on a group trek with horsemen, guides, and a

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