Pyrenees August 2009

Work and weather have meant no walking in January 2011 so here's a look back at the summer of 2009 when I went to the Catalan Pyrenees.


First some photos of a walk up the Peguera Valley to the "Estany Negre". "Estany" means lake in Catalan, and as you'll see from these photos, there are an awful lot of them in the "Aigüestortes" (twisted waters), which is the name of this National Park :





This is the Estany Tort de Peguera



The Estany Negre (2385mts)






Looking back down the valley towards the Estany de Lladres

The same lake as we passed by on the way down





Route number two was up to the Pic de Ratera. This photo was taken near the start of the walk.



"Els Encantats", the mountain which overlooks the famous Estany de Sant Maurici

The Ratera waterfall

Looking down at the Sant Maurici lake

More lakes as we ascended




The Pic de Ratera (2862mts)


Views from the top of the Ratera:


















On the way down from the summit






"Els Encantats" in the centre of the picture show up against the mountains behind


About here is where I first felt a pain in my leg which turned out to be the tendonitis that kept me out of action till the following year...



The waterfall again