La Meije (3984m)Winter has returned to much of Scotland and shows no sign of relinquishing its persistent grip on the bens and glens - or even the lowlands, as this weekend has shown! So it was particularly welcome to get away to the French Alps again last week for some blue skies, warm sunshine and the occasional foray up assorted rock faces and frozen waterfalls!
Hot RockNaturally, appropriate time was set aside for copious sampling of local fromage et vin, pastis and tarteflette. Research also demanded that the afternoon temperature on the good doctor’s sun balcony be recorded at regular intervals. However, I did manage to overcome the insidious lethargy and malaise of dreamland to get dragged up some Grade V – VI rock climbs and a 30m frozen waterfall!
Cold Ice
Such were the consecutive days of unbroken sunshine and sublime warmth of the sun on my face, that the opportunities for off-piste skiing, ski touring and snowshoe plods were all quietly forsaken for the chance to lie in the sun and wonder what the poor people were doing.......!
Check out my plans for the coming summer at: http://www.hillways.co.uk/summer/summer.htm
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