September 2009
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Pyrenees Mountain Photography
The Pyrenees are a wonderful mountain range extending from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic, straddling the border of France and Spain. I’ve been there twice so far, the first time staying in a delightful town called Lescun though unfortunately at a grey, rainy, autumnal period with just one sunny day to enjoy and practise photography. This time, summer 2009, was very different. I started at Lescun again but walked across the mountains to Gavarnie, sleeping…
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Pyrenees Mountain Photography (2)
One of the first things to be said about the Pyrenees is they are big: not the biggest in the world, smaller than the Alps, Andes and Himalayas, but about three times the size of British hills. This means the highest peaks, of mostly about 3000 feet in the UK, are in the Pyrenees over 3000 metres. If you were walking from valley to peak and back down again, common practise in the UK, this…