Warmer Weather

After a very cold couple of weeks we have returned to warmer weather, we had 8 days in which the temperature never rose above -2°c. This afternoon it rose to 12°c so I’m back on the road, it was damp today and there was only a handful of cyclists out and about. Lots of tourists in the valley now for the Skiing, it will get quiet again next week until February which is the busiest month.

Voie Vert, between Lourdes & Argeles-Gazost.

As you can see from this photo the snow has retreated back up the mountains to about 1600m altitude, personally I hope it will stay there for the remainder of the winter but I doubt it. Each day now gets a little bit longer and a little bit brighter, spring will be along in 6 to 8 weeks. Hopefuly we won’t have any more weather like that illistrated below from last week. With the wind chill it would have been -37°c up there, it was -8°c in Saint Savin that afternoon and -12°c that night.