Wednesday 12th Candanchu to Sallent de Gállego 2 2 kms

A very long climb up a steep sided valley with an incredibly high almost vertical face to get over at the end of the valley. Chris B and J wemt ahead but i had tn take a 10 minute breather before plodding up to the top of the 2200 mtr pass. We saw chamois and marmots. At the top was a large alpine meadow with another glacial lake Ibon d'Anayet. A quick lunch of our usual Pyrenean cheese, chorizo, sardines, bread and fruit. It has to be said here that spanish food is excellent however the bread is definitly lacking. For this walk we need good quality grain bread and while it does exist it is almost impossible to find in the small mountain villages. A long 10 km downhill to the village of Sallent now tho half way down we ran into a newly developed ski field which had obliterated the track. We ended up walking down beside 4kms of highway (really hard on the feet) before getting into the village. We had decided to have a rest day on thursday and i definitly needed it. We had some really big stuff coming up.