Given up on the chill of the Pyrenees. Off to the seaside and 10 degrees warmer.
September 11th 2017 8 degrees in the night. Woke up and dressed with socks on and a suntop for a vest under my the one winter-weight sweatshirt I had with me. Weather undecided. Blue sky and lots of cloud one side, ominous grey the other.
I rechecked the forecast for the coast and concluded that it would stay good there for next 3 days but after that rain likely. Decided to leave today and make the most of the sun
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