...I am getting it from these blokes.
With any luck they would be
able to deliver it directly to where I want it, thus removing the need for
wheel-barrowing.
On previous days in the Pyrenees we had seen the helicopter wizzing around, either
carrying bags or trailing its hook. It was pure chance that had us in the car
park of a restaurant on the Col De Tourmalet, looking for coffee, when the
helicopter arrived to reload. The restaurant wasn't yet open, but the
helicopter was almost as good.
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When we lived in Andorra the helicopters were always busy - délivrions firewood and picking up trash from the refuges in the mountains; rescuing injured hikers; and whatever else needed doing in the remote areas. Part of the training for the 'official' hike leaders was helicopter landing protocol. Our group, of course, was unofficial....
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