into town for provisions and to check the forecast again (not good!) it was off on another sight seeing trip, this time to Luz St. Sauveur where we explored the medieval chapel and ruins of a hill top château.

That evening we went to a restaurant in town for a meal. Have you ever read the “Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy” by Douglas Adams? If you have you will be familiar with the theory of Bistromatics! To those not in the know Bistromatics is a special branch of maths that depends on the complex calculations made when a group of people in a bistro try and work out how much they owe to pay the bill and the fact that it never quite adds up! Well we had our very own Bistromatic experience – what a laugh we nearly had our shoes and socks off!

 

Sunday.

A good day at last! Keen to do something a little more adventurous Betty and I set of to climb Pic D’Ardiden (2988m). This would be quite a long day so we got an early start. A good job as we had quite a day – sorry this is another one for the journal which I need to fill somehow!

 

Monday.

The poor weather returns, we all walked up into town with the intention of taking the cable car up to Cirque du Lis. At the cable car station it was wet, windy and the cloud so low that shortly after leaving the station the gondolas disappeared into the gloom. We couldn’t decide if we wanted to go or not and started to walk away but then had a change of heart (nothing else to do) and decided to go up anyway. Once in the gondola we were soon floating up through the gloom with gusts of wind making it swing worryingly, About 2/3 of the way up we emerged out of the cloud and finally had a view. At the mid station it was cold and damp so before going further we put on all our wet weather gear (the second stage was on open chairs). It was worth the cold ride up! We passed over a family of marmots and the views from the top were spectacular, made more so by the dramatic clouds both above and below us.  Two large vultures put on a gliding