25 August 2006

Valle de Pineta

The Goal today was for everyone to go for a walk around the Circo de Pineta, across the border in Spain. The forecast was not brilliant but it looked OK as we set off ...
First up a track beside the river with a large number of waterfalls, before we joined the track to the refuge, from here we broke out across the track leading up to the Circo, and as we climbed it got darker and eventually started raining harder and harder.
At around 1800 m it was unpleasant and the girls were not happy... with another 200m plus to go and no let up in sight I persuaded the old man to turn back .. he was disappointed but understood.
Soaked through we walked back down to the refuge then back along the tack to the car. As we arrived back everything was just starting to dry out.
The waterfalls were good to look at, but the climb was an effort in the rain and we made the right decision.