Seventy years old, a milestone I wasn't really looking forward too (or not at all to be honest), but it has arrive anyway. I have been busy, fifty plus years of climbing memories, lots of great friends along the way, lets hope there are a few more good days coming down the line.
We left the UK a month ago, the Hull to Zeebrugge ferry was virtually empty, but most venues in France have been quite busy, only a little less so than more normal times. We had a few damp days in the Vosges then a while in the Maurienne - we like it there, plus a week in the ski resort of Puy-Saint-Vincent so we could be close to Ailefroide. Them it was back to Ariege for a while to catch our breath on the way to the Costa Blanca in an attempt to get some kind of Residency Permit so we can still be 'Europeans' after Brexit - what a bloody mess that has turned into!
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| Glorious day above Ax les Thermes |
