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Ski season closing

April 1, 2010

For Easter weekend all the ski areas in the Lavedan valley remain open except Hautacam, whose facilities were wrecked by Xynthia on 27th February. All the Ski  stations will close on Sunday April 25th.

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Xynthia, the perfect storm.

March 1, 2010

The Pyrenees were hit by a big storm on Saturday, called Xynthia it brought death and destruction to much of western Europe especially the west coast of France, 50 people are reported dead. In the Pyrenees a number of people died from falling trees and many roads are blocked by trees and rock falls. We were without [...]

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Skiing at Hautacam

February 23, 2010

Skiing at Hautacam today, photo taken at Col de Tramassel.

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Moon Rise over Hautacam

February 3, 2010

Just about midnight the full moon came up from behind Hautacam, as seen from one of our bedrooms.

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Winter Wonderland.

January 8, 2010

Lots of snow this weekend and very cold temperatures again so no cycling for at least a week. We are getting it easy, the rest of Europe sounds much worse, particularly Ireland and UK where normal life appears to have stopped as a result of snow and ice. View the full photo gallery of winter in Saint Savin, January [...]

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Cold Snap

December 17, 2009

We are experiencing a cold snap at the moment, today is the 5th day temperatures have not risen above 0°c. It is -2°c in Saint Savin this afternoon but a rather chilly -13°c on Pic du Midi. Night time temperatures up there are down to -20°c, while here in Saint Savin we have had -8°c. Check out [...]

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Col du Tourmalet meaning

December 8, 2009

The interpretation of the name is most often given as “Bad trip” or “Bad detour”; this would be fair enough if the name came from the French language. Tour being the same in English, a trip or circuit, and “mal” being the French word for “bad” which derives from the Latin word “malum”. It is [...]

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Ski Season Opening

December 5, 2009

Ski stations are officially opening today, there is good snow reported for Cauterets, Luz Ardiden and Col du Tourmalet. Upper sections have up to 2meters is places and with clear sunny weather for the weekend lots of Spanish tourists are expected. The 8th December is the feast of the Immaculate Conception which is a public [...]

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Christmas

December 5, 2009

Olive couldn’t resist any more, Christmas is officially on.

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