SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
Went to the Taize Eucharist before setting off South. A lovely sunny day. We stayed the night at a little town about 30 miles north of Montpellier.

MONDAY 1 OCTOBER
Today, we have been tourists! Got up early and continued our journey south. Arrived at Ax-les-Thermes at midday. Ax-les-Thermes is a little spa town nestling in the Pyrenees just before Andorra. We booked in a small hotel (view from the bedroom as photo) for the night and then went exploring.





We followed a road into the Pyrenees up to a mine which was extracting talc in a very big way. Parked the car and walked up the mountain track to about 8000 feet. The views were amazing.













Coming down we were very confused. There were tadpoles in the pool, crocuses flowering, lambs in the field and a temperature of 25C – It must be Spring!!


We had a lovely dinner in town and met a very lively Irish couple - they thought we were fluent in French!!!!