Tourmalet

Welcome to Tourmalet!

First weekend of the lifts being open and our friend Leigh is visiting to mark the occasion

Barn #1

We've been asked to put more pictures of the house on here, but the house needs more work before public consumption, so here's a few of one of the barns. We've started to clean it up and build some workbenches in here. It's now awaiting more tools, clamps, etc... We've also got a cheeky truffler visiting in here. We thought it might've been a boar or a fox, but it's turned out to be a cat. Evidence can be seen below.

The Truffler strikes again!!!

Ramble Randoms

Inedible perhaps?

Moss gully

Further delicacies

First day on the board this year

It took an hour to drive to the spot, then an hour to hike up, then about five minutes to board back down again, including the walk back to pick up my hat. It was all worth it for a day of fresh air and sunshine, and to beat Alex to the first tracks of the year.

100 yards from the Spanish border

Midway view back to car

Pic du Midi d'Ossau

First tracks, and my hat

The 'Job Done' photo

Landy likes a shower...

For Elaine

Elaine, as you're currently on a flight to Portland, you're unable to see this amazing rainbow outside our kitchen door. It starts and ends right down in the valley. Apologies for the poor Photoshop join, but the rainbow's pretty accurate.

November Ginkgo in Pau

Watermill Ruins

So, we're on a ramble through our patch...

...admiring the streams and such...

...and we happen upon the ruins of an old watermill, sat bang in the middle of our land

Looks well Indiana Jones

Wednesday Morning Rush Hour in Rebenacq

Numero Trois

With luck it will fade to the same shade as the post.
At least UPS should be able to find us now.

Biarritzing

Sunset over sea

More from Sunday

The Fam

Sunday 9th Nov- South of home

Landy likes the wilderness

We stopped by a lake for a cup o tea and a picnic in the sun with our first visitors: Mel & Phil

Wild ponies (Pottoks) by the lake

10 minutes up the road and we're above the snow line

Landy likes the snow

Sunday 9th Nov- cont...

Beautiful

Fresh tracks, but no lifts for another 3 weeks, so we need to invest in snowshoes to get up there. Skiing & snowshoeing already!

Kohl & Mel were well excited