05.07.2014
Another weekend at Rifugio Pontese. The weather wasn't too bad, slightly overcast, but warm. After having lunch at the Refuge and listening to a drunken "Brown Eyed Girl" sing-a-long, I took a walk on the other side of the mountain to enjoy the afternoon sun.
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| Rif. Pontese |
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| bridge across the river |
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| Teleccio lake with its dam |
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| blue sky and gentle breeze |
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06.07.2014
I had a walk along the Piantonetto Valley - I saw no animals today except a herd of cows grazing peacefully along the stream (and looking at me quite menacingly in my direction as I was passing them... from a distance ;-p)
I also spotted a young ibex, but I could only manage a quick pic before scaring him away when trying to get closer...
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| ibex cub |
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| cows |
The weather was overcast, but not too cold, so I went on reading my book whenever I stopped from the walk, in the tranquility of this mountain setting :-)
I got back to the hut just in time for lunch and as a few droplets of rain were starting to fall... I had seen the clouds coming in from the peaks when I started on my way back.
The mountaineering lot I was sharing the hut with all came back in good time, from the peaks around the valley.
On the way back down we had just enough rain to make us wear our rain jackets and then stopped and just went on with a slight drizzle here and there.
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| the fog coming in just before our hike down |
A very pleasant weekend, with good company and good food :-D
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| greetings from the green mountain gnome ;-p |
... more photos: http://goo.gl/q4oEWU
