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 [...]
Dec 242011
Dec 242011
The weather has thrown everything at us! We left this morning around 10:00 in snow. By the time we got to the top of the Col de Puymorens we had driving hail; visibility was down to a few metres. We were in trot most of the way up and pretty well all of the way [...]
Dec 242011
Surprise, Cécile arrived this morning with Sylvan and Guillaume, Charlotte and Françoise. So, we’re a big party this year. This morning we brought down the horses that we will be riding along with one or two reserves. We then saddled up and went for an hour out along the river towards Porte Puymorens; a little [...]
Dec 242011
I arrived at Porte Puymorens to be met by… nobody! I decided to wait a short while but after ten minutes decided to begin to walk. It is about 20 minutes and all downhill so it was not too much of a problem. There is snow – a reasonable amount – but in l’Hospitalet près [...]
Dec 182010
A good night’s sleep!! Pretty firm beds and not too warm – finally getting there There was snow in the night; a fair amount too. Traffic was hindered by it but for us it was business as usual. Back to the cemetery, catch the horses – again I was called in to catch one of [...]
