Bugs n stuff

St G market this morning - the number of English voices that I hear down there is on the increase. How many are 'vacanciers' just visiting and how many are 'résidents' is anybody's guess.

This afternoon, we intended to explore the GR de Pays du Tour des Trois Seigneurs which heads off from Liers (just around the hill from Pissou) and meanders its way in the direction of the Pic des Trois Seigneurs, taking in the Col de Goulur at 1529m. The first 500m or so was lovely running on good footpath but then the ascent started. It was incredibly humid in the woodland and of course the insects had a feast as we passed through, dripping! We eventually emerged from the woodland to nice views back down the valley towards Echerboul and Pissou just round the corner. But the terrain deteriorated and started to resemble the jungles of Borneo rather than the Pyrenees! The GR has obviously not had much traffic yet and the brambles, nettles and other weeds have had the chance to proliferate. There was no pleasure to be had in continuing. We had done 400m of ascent over a 9km return route and enjoyed a good run back down to Liers. The pooch posed for a piccy en route.