{"id":13961,"date":"2024-10-26T17:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/?p=13961"},"modified":"2024-10-02T21:18:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T20:18:42","slug":"retour-en-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/retour-en-france\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Back in France&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nAs announced in the previous post, we are back in France, on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees. We go to discover Navarrenx, a pretty fortified little town about 25 miles West of Pau.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n1. One of the entrances of the city.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4356b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4356b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4356b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4356b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n2. Patrol path&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4355b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4355b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4355b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4355b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n3. A beautiful courtyard.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4358b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4358b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4358b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4358b-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWe had promised ourselves for a long time to share a campfire with friends from the Pau area, Fred and Martine. A few years ago, they bought a small camper that allows Fred, an accomplished landscape and wildlife photographer, to travel for his passion.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nPassing through the region, I texted him and the stars aligned so that we could share a nice altitude bivouac. Fred sent me GPS coordinates of a spot easily accessible by a good trail where we could meet up.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n4. In the middle of the afternoon, we are the first on site.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4362b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4362b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4362b-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4362b-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n5. A few Pyrenean peaks surround us.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4363b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4363b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4363b-148x100.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4363b-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWhen Fred and Martine arrive, the last section was a little too rough for their little camper and we go back down a mile to meet them and find ourselves a spot easier to access.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n6. After the aperitif and lighting the campfire, it&rsquo;s time to prepare the dinner.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred5b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred5b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred5b-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred5b-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto FredW<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n7. On the menu: melon and ham starter, then lamb chops with ratatouille cooked over the wood fire. Yum!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred3b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred3b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred3b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred3b-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto FredW<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n8. Cooking&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred2b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred2b.jpg 478w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred2b-74x100.jpg 74w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred2b-300x408.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto FredW<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n9. What a great evening with friends! Martine and Fred, thank you for your kindness and for this great time.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred1b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"478\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred1b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred1b-136x100.jpg 136w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred1b-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto FredW<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n10. Time to go to sleep&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred4-650x423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"423\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred4-650x423.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred4-920x599.jpg 920w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred4-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred4-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred4-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred4.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto FredW<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n11. The next day, I get up before sunrise to enjoy the morning atmosphere&#8230;.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4371b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4371b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4371b-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4371b-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n12. First rays on our camp.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4373b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4373b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4373b-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4373b-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n13. The plain North of the Pyrenees. The city of Pau is hidden by the mist.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4374b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"466\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4374b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4374b-139x100.jpg 139w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4374b-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n14. On the other side, the first peaks of the Pyrenees.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4384b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"443\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4384b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4384b-147x100.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4384b-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n15. I go back down to our camp.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4386b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"444\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4386b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4386b-146x100.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/A1_4386b-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n16. It&rsquo;s time to pack up camp and say goodbye. We promised to do it again another time!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred6b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"423\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred6b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred6b-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Fred6b-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto FredW<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nMore soon with the discovery of a rougier and an impressive bridge&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThank you all for your loyalty to this little blog.. \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As announced in the previous post, we are back in France, on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees. We go to discover Navarrenx, a pretty fortified little town about 25 miles West of Pau. &nbsp; 1. One of the entrances of the city. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2. Patrol path&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/retour-en-france\/?lang=en\" class=\"read-more\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1139],"tags":[1496,1166,1135,1779,208,1780,1508],"class_list":["post-13961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-france-en","tag-bivouac-en","tag-campfire","tag-france-en","tag-fred-en","tag-mountain","tag-navarrenx-en","tag-pyrenees-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13961"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13994,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13961\/revisions\/13994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instants-choisis.ch\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}