You have to kiss a few frogs !
The weather forecast was between Saturated and drowning so decisions were changing by the minute and decided to hot foot it to some gorges then thought about Andorra but the sat nav was set for the gorges and I missed the turning.
Then we decided we could catch the petit jaune train so went to Font Romeu.
Amateur error of the day was to not check at the station that all trains were running. I tried booking on line but couldn't get the return journey down to villefranche.
So we paid our 11 euros for the Aire and walked downhill to the station.
"Last train cancelled back so no return available"
"Can we book for tomorrow?"
"No trains til Wednesday"
So we walk up hill and it was seriously uphill to the town where it was a tourist trap price.
The persistent thunder should have been a clue but we ignored it.
Hailstones then came down and hit my sunburnt bald patch and shelter was sought in a bus stop.
Made it back to find the thing we forgot was the tablet with all the films and TV series on it.
So beer and pastis night at 1740 m in thunderstorm overnight.
Train Wednesday hopefully.
Photos of the journey and waking up this morning
The weather forecast was between Saturated and drowning so decisions were changing by the minute and decided to hot foot it to some gorges then thought about Andorra but the sat nav was set for the gorges and I missed the turning.
Then we decided we could catch the petit jaune train so went to Font Romeu.
Amateur error of the day was to not check at the station that all trains were running. I tried booking on line but couldn't get the return journey down to villefranche.
So we paid our 11 euros for the Aire and walked downhill to the station.
"Last train cancelled back so no return available"
"Can we book for tomorrow?"
"No trains til Wednesday"
So we walk up hill and it was seriously uphill to the town where it was a tourist trap price.
The persistent thunder should have been a clue but we ignored it.
Hailstones then came down and hit my sunburnt bald patch and shelter was sought in a bus stop.
Made it back to find the thing we forgot was the tablet with all the films and TV series on it.
So beer and pastis night at 1740 m in thunderstorm overnight.
Train Wednesday hopefully.
Photos of the journey and waking up this morning
