Spanish Pyrenees (1 Viewer)

[Chockswahay]

Yup, deffo beautiful

 

[MikeD]

I love the mountains of Spain.

Great photographs

 

[hilldweller]

They are well equipped with hills, you should see The Picos too.

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[EuroTrotters]

Shhhhhhh

 

[Chockswahay]

 

[rosalan]

The road from St John Pied de Porte over the Pyrenees into Spain, is one of the most attractive in the Autumn when the trees are in full colour on the Spanish side.
Almost any route in this part of the mountains is glorious.

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[Chockswahay]

A few in the Aigüestortes National Park today

 

[DBK]

I love the Pyrenees but we've had some bad weather on a few occasions. The Spanish side is usually drier than the French side.

The Ordessa national park is stunning and shouldn't be too busy now. If the forecast remains good it would be worth visiting.

 

[Chockswahay]

@DBK you mean like this?

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[Chockswahay]

We did it on Sunday

 

[jumartoo]

I've recommended these places a few times on here but you're the first I know to have visited them both.

There are many nice places in between as well.

 

[Lenny HB]

Great photos, we are at the Elephant Aire at the moment.

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[Chockswahay]

I've recommended these places a few times on here but you're the first I know to have visited them both.

There are many nice places in between as well.

Well actually I should thank you because I did a little research about them and your previous suggestions popped up and helped us decide to go! They are quite delightful and I would say two of the best parts of the Pyrenees we have visited (including the French side)

 

[Chockswahay]

Great photos, we are at the Elephant Aire at the moment.

Morning Lenny, the Picos area is another one we’d like to do in the future (I think that’s where you are?)

 

[DBK]

Not a million miles from where I think you are now is this area, the Parc Natural del Cadí-Moixeró

https://goo.gl/maps/YNhux4XTaWy


Post #325 on this page onwards describes a couple of days we spent around there.

https://www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/three-go-adventuring-again.130193/page-17

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[Lenny HB]

Making a run for it today with the public holiday place is rammed full at 10 pm last night and vans still driving in at 2am trying to find a space.

 

[DBK]

Forgot to add all these places you've been to in the Spanish Pyrenees are Bearded Vulture hotspots. If you see a vulture with a long tail then it probably is one but you'll only see one or two at a time. This website suggests there are only 100 breeding pairs in the whole of the Pyrenees. I've only seen them twice, once in Ordessa. The most likely place to see one is on a poster as it is the iconic bird of the region.

https://www.4vultures.org/vultures/bearded-vulture/

 

[Chockswahay]

Forgot to add all these places you've been to in the Spanish Pyrenees are Bearded Vulture hotspots. If you see a vulture with a long tail then it probably is one but you'll only see one or two at a time. This website suggests there are only 100 breeding pairs in the whole of the Pyrenees. I've only seen them twice, once in Ordessa. The most likely place to see one is on a poster as it is the iconic bird of the region.

https://www.4vultures.org/vultures/bearded-vulture/

We were talking about you yesterday as we were watching a dozen or so Egyptian Vultures. When we were Around the Tena valley and Aínsa we think we saw a couple of Bearded vultures too! This caused great excitement in the Chockswahay household!

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[Chockswahay]

Making a run for it today with the public holiday place is rammed full at 10 pm last night and vans still driving in at 2am trying to find a space.

Oh crumbs! I didn’t know it was a bank holiday, that might account for the fact that the site were on now (just before Andorra) is packed!

 

[Chockswahay]

Ere @Lenny HB we just drove 1 mile up the road and turned back! The worst traffic que I have seen for years! I assume all the Spaniards are off to Andorra for some cheap booze n fags

So we're back at la Seu d'Urgell reviewing our options. May just sit it out for a few hours or whiz into the park that @DBK mentioned.

 

[Lenny HB]

Surprising how the Spaniards flock to Andorra when booze is so cheap in Spain.

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[chesterfield hooligan]

The Spanish and French go for branded spirits which are a lot cheaper, also cheese is very cheap.

 

[Lenny HB]

I go for branded Gin Castelgy, €4.19 a bottle.

 

[jumartoo]

We were talking about you yesterday as we were watching a dozen or so Egyptian Vultures. When we were Around the Tena valley and Aínsa we think we saw a couple of Bearded vultures too! This caused great excitement in the Chockswahay household!

We saw Bearded Vultures near Ainsa flying with some Griff's. A local pointed them out to us.

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