Had the most amazing time today. Went trekking into the Andorran Pyrenees (how I've wanted to say that!).
Started off along the Prat Primer path - this is the refugio Primer (with two German friends from Frankfurt):
Continued onwards to the Prat Primer pass, which is at 2,493 metres. This pass offers astounding 360 degree views over two valleys, the one I'd just left and the one which opens out on the other side.
Mountains, clouds and... four jeeps at the top!
View of the valley on the other side of the Prat Primer pass, with the refugio Claror in the centre:
At refugio Claror, I met two hunters (this is "hunting week" in Andorra) and two wardens. We sat and chatted in broken English, Spanish, Catalan and Italian. At the end I had still not figured out what they were actually hunting. I did gather, however, that a storm was heading across the valley from the other side of the mountains, and that it was not a good idea to get caught in it! So I bid goodbye to these gentlemen, and turned back. The first few ominous clouds from the storm peek over the peaks:
Couldn't resist putting up this picture: I sit at a cairn exactly on top of the pass; far right are the signs pointing to the two valleys in the opposite directions:
