Our route over the Pyrenees

Over the dramatic Haute-Pyrenean passes to Luz-St-Sauveur.

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September 14th 2013
A truly amazing drive today across the mountains of the Hautes-Pyrénées. We concluded at the end of it that we had been most fortunate in the weather. Rain had been forecast but we didn’t see any, only low cloud (very) as we approached the summit of the Col de Tournalet from the East and otherwise glorious blue sky and sunshine. What could be better for a scenic drive across, over, up, down an ... read more

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