Yesterday we continued our walking. We caught the shuttle bus from Cauterets to Pont d'Espagne, then the cable car and ski-lift and a 15 minute walk (discounting entomological breaks) to Lac de Gaube, where we lunched.
The hotel restaurant at Lac de Gaube is quite a surprise. Although the 20euro per person menu was basic, the food was good (and the tarte citron was excellent) and in many restaurants you would pay a lot more than 20euros just for the views.
The path back to Cauterets was extremely technical, the shale of Thursday having been swapped for granite boulders that required a fair amount of scrambling. It is called the Chemin des Cascades, and follows the river downhill - except where there have been rockfalls, where the path climbs before dropping to the river again,
In all we walked a little over 11km, with a descent of 840 metres. The path was quite challenging in places, as I hope the photos show.
2 comments:
such gorgeous views. Y'all are brave to take on that path. I would have been constantly worried about tripping or slipping.
Melinda - we were too. That's why it took us an hour longer than recommended :)
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