Tuesday, January 24, 2023

FRANCE 2022 Trip report Day 14: Pyrénées: Vallee de Campan, Lac de Payolle, Bigorre, Campan village, Lourdes, Pau cathedral

DAY 14, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

STAY

Pau continued

SIGHTS:

Vallee de Campan, Lac de Payolle , Téléphérique du Pic du Midi de Bigorre, Lac des Gloriettes , turned back before hitting Gloriettes lake as it was too snowy and slippery, Campan, Lourdes, Pau cathedral

DRIZZLY DAY AGAIN

LAC DE PAYOLLE

mirror reflections

VIEW OF THE LAKE FROM ABOVE

retraced our way back to Campan

CAMPAN AGAIN

Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Sainte-Marie-de-Campan

crucifix

the church inyerior was musty, we got our after a quick look.

mural and mannequin here.

wall murals

mannequinss

we drove toward Lac des Gloriettes

waterfall

La Mongie

BAD WEATHER ONSET FROM THIS POINT

SKI LIFTS

WHITE OUT

bit of rain too.

there were DANGER signs on the road

we turned back

Téléphérique du Pic du Midi de Bigorre

This arae is Bagnères-de-Bigorre located in the foothills of the Pyrenees partly in the valley of the Adour some 18 km (11 mi) southeast of Tarbes and 15 km (9 mi) east of Lourdes.

We parked the car in the big parking lot and used their free restroom beofre driving off

geese at a farm

sheep

old house

CAMPAN ONCE AGAIN

Life-size dolls (les Mounaques)

Life-size dolls (les Mounaques) made of rags and hay and dressed in traditional clothes. These dolls are local traditions; they are exhibited every summer, from July to September. One can see them everywhere: on the streets, balconies, in the gardens.