Mountain Air

 Yes it`s true, we have come down from the mountains!  And seem to have descended into Hell, if you take account of the temperature...After ten days in the fresher climes of the Pyrannees the heat wave on the plains of Deux Sèvres seems like an open oven door!  Still, it`s very nice to be back and to find our little house has suffered no harm. Our neighbour Ian has looked after our cats and sheep and Jacqui has taken on Toffee, our smallest dog so that we could depart with just the two larger ones, more practical by far.

  As you can see from the photos the mountains are a photographer`s dream, you just dont know where to point your camera. Either it is aimed up in the air to capture the peaks and snowy glaciers or it is focussed down to take some new flower or plant.We had reasonable weather with only a couple of misty days, always a risk in the mountains. We had several excursions into the higher peaks, in fact the camp at Aucun is already at a fair altitude. We drove to Pont d`Espagne one fine day with the other campers and from there climbed up to the Lac de Gaube at 1800 metres. It was quite a climb and Kim was especially pleased to be able to do this trip.
I`ll write some more soon about our life at Aucun, but at present my bed is calling.....
    

           See you soon!