Walks
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A long days walk..
After doing my warming up exercises for the GR20 at the weekend with Sally. I thought it might be interesting to have another look at my GR5 walk last year. Day 7 was one of my longer days. I left the excellent Chalet de Nant Borrant (1460m) at 07.45. By 10.43 I was atop Col…
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A Nice Day…
The weather is not at all nice on my Nice day. Its been raining cats and dogs with the odd roll of thunder and flash of lightening since I left Utelle 3.5 hours ago with most of the track converted into a watercourse Currently I am holed up in a Rapido cafe in Levens with…
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Day 22 St. Dalmas-Valdemore to Utelle
Interesting 8 hour day covering the 16 miles and just under 3000ft of elevation in around 6 hours of walking.Spent most of the day with my head (and body) in thick cloud with visibility only at 5 metres or so, great for vertigo sufferers as most of morning was walking along a ridge. I met…
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Days 20&21 Auron – Roure – St. Dalmas-Valdeblore
Yesterday was another long day, 23miles with over 5500ft of ascent due to me being told that one refuge was closed and the other full. I started with another piste, going up the hard way, to Col du Blainon then a lovely descent to Roya (whose gíte apparently has the best chef on the GR5)…
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GR5 Days 18&19 Fouillouze-Bousi?yas-Auron
My grand tour of Alpine ski resorts continues with a stay tonight in Auron 1600. Yesterday was an epic day of 7.5 hours walking in a day out on the road of 10.5hours. I covered 21 miles with ascents totalling 6200ft or so. Chris, I did arrive knackered at 7.15 but actually very exhilarated too.…
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Larche or beyond
Arrived in Larche recreated in 1944 after the village was dynamited by the retreating forces. Now who is against the EU? Personally I don’t understand the anti EU brigade at all! If it means that we can live peacefully without frontiers (and it is VERY noticeable all the abandoned frontier posts, castles etc along the…
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Day 17 Ceillac to Fouillouze
The perfect day, the day you only dream about, walking across landscapes that Doc Searls gets to photo out of aeroplane windows. Incredible weather blue skys low 20’s doesnt get any better than this. Great 3500ft climb first through forests then around the vivid turquoise Lac Sainte-Anne in blissful silence (even the Marmots were quite…
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Day 16 GR5 Aiguilles to Ceillac
I (or more precisely the hotel owner) arranged for a taxi to pick me up at 8.30 and to drop me up off at Cháteau Queyras to resume my perambulations on the GR5. My left knee still had twinges of pain so I breakfasted on Nurofen super strength pills and vowed to take it easy…
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Day 15 GR5 Montgen?vre to Ch?teau Queyras
This was a very long day. I ended up walking over 23 miles and 4000ft of ascent in over 10 hours out on the trail. Started off with the descent into Briançon making me thankful I hadnt attempted it the previous night as it took nearly 2 hours and i guess it would have taken…
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Day 15 GR5 Montgen?vre to Ch?teau Queyras
This was a very long day. I ended up walking over 23 miles and 4000ft of ascent in over 10 hours out on the trail. Started off with the descent into Briançon making me thankful I hadnt attempted it the previous night as it took nearly 2 hours and i guess it would have taken…