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Hi there! Out alone this Monday for a hike 
. Unusual, but I had one day to recover for travelling for work last weekend. Wife to work, kids to schools/kindergarten... a good opportunity for some time on my own. So long time since I was out alone! Woke up 0530 AM and headed for the valley. Weather was fantastic, crisp and chilly breeze, blue sky :thumbup: . Still dawning when I parked the car and took the trail. The first half an hour was quite boring, the trail, in the beginning, is an old gravel lumberjack road getting out of the village but, as soon as I crossed the first mountain pass, taking the real trail bringing me through a larch trees wood, the scenery became breath taking. I walked on frosted ground, waiting for the sun to fully rise over the mountain tops. Suddenly the whole valley appeared, adorned for the occasion with a spectacular sprinkle of snow. The first snow of the year for me, snow I stepped on for a rather long stretch, taking me to the top of a high panoramic cliff I had as final destination (2044 mt). The day got warmer as the hours went by and I stopped for a quick snack before heading back home. After my light lunch few clouds came in, turning the shiny bright colours of the morning into more pastel shades. Though this trail is generally a well travelled one, on a working Monday, I met no one. With me this time just an Opinel #8, didnt play with it so much, this time was more walking 
! Back in time in the afternoon to fetch the kids at the bus stop . Just to share!
. Unusual, but I had one day to recover for travelling for work last weekend. Wife to work, kids to schools/kindergarten... a good opportunity for some time on my own. So long time since I was out alone! Woke up 0530 AM and headed for the valley. Weather was fantastic, crisp and chilly breeze, blue sky :thumbup: . Still dawning when I parked the car and took the trail. The first half an hour was quite boring, the trail, in the beginning, is an old gravel lumberjack road getting out of the village but, as soon as I crossed the first mountain pass, taking the real trail bringing me through a larch trees wood, the scenery became breath taking. I walked on frosted ground, waiting for the sun to fully rise over the mountain tops. Suddenly the whole valley appeared, adorned for the occasion with a spectacular sprinkle of snow. The first snow of the year for me, snow I stepped on for a rather long stretch, taking me to the top of a high panoramic cliff I had as final destination (2044 mt). The day got warmer as the hours went by and I stopped for a quick snack before heading back home. After my light lunch few clouds came in, turning the shiny bright colours of the morning into more pastel shades. Though this trail is generally a well travelled one, on a working Monday, I met no one. With me this time just an Opinel #8, didnt play with it so much, this time was more walking ! Back in time in the afternoon to fetch the kids at the bus stop . Just to share!
