Our only "proper" walk. Having gazed up at the ridge of hills south of Fougaron for 3 years, we finally made it up onto it. To save Husband's ankles, we drove as far as Fontaine de l'Ours to minimise the length of the walk by starting at 1100m. It was still a good hour uphill to the Tuc de Tucol - at over 1500m it definitely qualifies as a proper hill! Terrain was steep beech covered slopes with the occasional bit of limestone poking through. Again, I took the poles up and Husband used them to come down - I'm impressed that he managed the full thing comparatively pain free. Took about 45 mins to descend.
Superb views from the top of the Pyrenees proper - snow capped and looking like proper pointy mountains.
Nature Stuff: Deer and red kites. From the summit, we saw a pair of vultures riding the thermals, drifting over the valley. Wild daffodils and stunning blue gentians (I think!) also on the summit. 
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