The last day on the road. A good start with a little sun turned rapidly to more rain and showers after passing the first col 
It was fairly slow and slippery a lot of the way. Nathy and Athos fell; the ground was so slippery, Athos had no footing.
After lunch, it stopped raining but obviously that made no difference to how slippery it was. We were now onto road and tracks generally, rather than narrow paths, and every now and then, a group of horses would try to break through and head the herd. Pierre, Marie-Line and I kept ahead and tried to slow them down and head them off. Guillaume dropped back; he found it too much trying to keep his horse under control.
We finally arrived in Lignairolles around 15:30. Transhumance Autumn/Winter 2011 was at an end. Quite an emotional moment – seeing all the horses at liberty and the end of an intensive four days.
The adventure was rounded of with champagne and a raclette grill in the evening. Bed was very late!
Dec 242011
