Ali and Lay’s Mountaineering Blog

Feeling fully refreshed Ali and I set a blistering pace today along this ten mile easy walking section.  In all we shaved an hour off the guidebook time for this section.

We stop for something to eat at the mid-point of the day overlooking the Lac du Ninu.

On the way down from the lake we came across a lone Frenchman and his dog.  His name was Laurent and no, it wasn’t his dog – he had made the mistake of giving the stray a warm welcome and the dog had immediately adopted him.

We continued past him and soon reached the refuge.  It felt nice to be back in the mountains and to meet up with Cat and Alan.  We had a rather frugal meal of butter beans provided for us by the Gardien but the freshly baked bread more than made up for the meal.

Ali was ill that night – neither of us slept much as she repeatedly had to visit the toilet block.  By the morning she was feeling weak – what a contrast to the day before.  Poor Ali.