Temperatures have shot up since we've been in the south, so we were very happy to find a pool at our gite (we're giving Rosie a rest)... It's now late and M says "I'm tired, can we go now?". More later.
The rain must have taken the clouds with it because it has been clear blue all day today. K provides us with some very subtle hints that she needs some alone time so it's time for an outing with Dad for the afternoon. This involves a trip to another 'cirque', this time 'de Trounouse' I think. Rosie manages the big mountain road hills despite the heat. We find a beautiful spot by a snow-melt river that just so happens to also have some old shack selling ice-creams - yum - much needed today. The kids spend ages chucking stones into the water, and by the time we return mum is sane again and all is well. Tomorrow we heat north again...
...any further than this on a road bike! It was early, so I think I was the first up this popular road climb. At the top, the Cirque de Gavine, a series of high-drop waterfalls arranged in an arc (you can just about see some of it in the top of the picture), looked stunning in the early sun. Legs are tired, time for breakfast...
The walk today was great, involving spotting a lot of unusual grasshoppers, flowers, a stream and a snake (picked up by a chicken!). After a lovely day, in the evening the clouds close in and the rain comes down, so we go out for food. After a lot of pizza and ice-cream, the kids go slightly stir crazy in the van... now we are off to a rather damp camp site - 'Uno' anyone!?
