When I see a helicopter manoeuvring closely, I become a little child again that cannot resist to watch. Because of the invention of smartphones I can film it and put it online to share with others.
Author: Karsten
Ruesta – Spain
Location: 42.588992,-1.075992
Altitude: 600m
Date of visit: 2018/06/22
Located in the ruins of an abandoned village. A few houses are still in use as a hostel along the Camino de Santiago. The warden and his staff are very friendly.
Pic de Vallibierna
The Pic de Vallibierna is a 3.067m high summit close to the highest mountain of the Pyrenees, the Pic de Aneto, 3.404m of altitude. In the picture above Pic de Vallibierna is the little white top in the middle. The locals say that at this time of year there is still a lot of snow up there and you need crampons and ice picks to climb it. Yesterday, we went up there Monday-style: using summer boots and taking our dog with us.
Well, actually we didn’t succeed, because we left out the last 200m walk on a very exposed ridge, which you can see in the background of the picture above. Our dog suffers from vertigo ;-).
But the journey is the reward, and we enjoyed the hike and the wonderful views. We left our truck at a parking spot close to a reservoir…
… and left early next morning using the path via the chalet Refugio Cap de Llauset.
From the top we had an excellent view over the highest mountains of the Pyrenees as well as the reservoir, where we could spot our truck with binoculars.
Right now, we are setting up a record for the slowest travel to Portugal. We are on the way for three weeks and we have managed only half the distance. I think we are distracted by the wonderful attractions of France, Andorra and Spain too much…
Aínsa – Spain
Location: 42.428343,0.109567
Altitude: 600m
Date of visit: 2018/06/20
Site next to a mountain river. The small road, which is the access to the site, is scarcely used.
Embalse de Llauset – Spain
Location: 42.581562,0.69641054
Altitude: 2.100m
Date of visit: 2018/06/18
Parking spot next to a reservoir. Base camp for mountaineering and hiking tours in the Pyrenees.
Our cat likes to do walks now
I don’t know if it’s because of curiosity or boredom, but four weeks ago our cat named Che Guevara decided to accompany us when we walk the dog. Since then we pushed his limits continuously further. Now he is doing even long walks of one or two hours and a few kilometres like in Andorra, where we parked next to a pass and hiked up a mountain of 2600 metres altitude.
Serra de Llagunes – Spain
Location: 42.360435,1.236961
Altitude: 1.700m
Date of visit: 2018/06/15
Nice and quiet place in the Pyrenees. Only a few locals come here to collect mushrooms and to do some offroad driving.
Pas de la Casa – Andorra
Location: 42.542696,1.722603
Altitude: 2.600m
Date of visit: 2018/06/14
Hidden place close to a pass and the border between France and Andorra.
Luzenac – France
Location: 42.774216,1.769919
Altitude: 1.200m
Date of visit: 2018/06/12
Quiet place on the mountains above the French town Luzenac.
Retenue de la Bancalié – France
Location: 43.792187,2.27264
Altitude: 300m
Date of visit: 2018/06/11
Small place on the bank of a lake near the French town Albi. You have to share it with anglers.