Midi Pyrenees....Estaing

Estaing is a small village of 60 people at the head of a fantastic valley in the Pyrenees. The campsite is small and is ideally situated for mountain walking and cycling. On arriving we decided to take Harley out for a small trot up the GR10 national walking route only to find ourselves and our path obstructed by an avalanche.

Well this was about the third one we came across and having walked over two without really knowing what they were until we spotted the snow within the debris of the third one we decided it probably wasn't the best thing to be doing...we could just see the head lines....stupid brits caught in avalanche.

With the excitement of the first days walking out the way it was cycle time...... so to get my legs, chest and other bodily parts ready for the onslaught I took the bike out for a quick cycle upto the lake at 1100m.

As you can see the weather wasn't great with a lot of snow but hay I cycle the Purbecks in winter.......

The next day the sun came out and so it was off to the Col D'Aubisque at 1700m the highest i've been on a bike ever. Unfortunately the  final 5km to the summit was shut due to snow and Avalanches so I only made it to the col D Soulor at 1474m...not bad for a days work.....