It was so cold. We spent most of the night shivering under our single sleeping bag blanket (hurray for emergency blankets!). When we checked the inside of the tent in the morning we first thought it was completely dry. A second later we realised there was plenty of condensation but it had frozen.
Read MoreThis was our last short day for a while! We started off the day nicely by going in the wrong direction. For some reason we thought we had to double back for a bit (despite signposts, guidebook and map telling us not to; it must’ve been the wine). Having finally located the right path (it goes up past the rifugio) we climbed up through the woods to Col des Thures, where there is a nice little lake and some great views of the surrounding mountains.
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