Phil´s trip to the Pyrenees

Hey all, I have 9 days left in Spain! I went up to Panticosa last week and met up with Carlitos and Diana for a music festival. We went to the first night of Pirineo Sur which was a concert with 17 Hippies and another group. We did some light climbing around there and bouldered in the Midi Valley in France, then we headed to Tourmoulet to see the Tour de France. We camped out on the pass with a bunch of other people. A bunch of waiting around until finally the sponsor cars pass throwing out freebies and then finally the helicopters come into sight flying over the bikers and we could see them come up the hill and finally pass by us.

Next we hung out near Bielsa, back on the Spanish side. There are some good sport climbing spots there and we were joined by Hosmar and made climbing friends with Pau and Victor. We ended up working our way back over to Panticosa for another day of festival (this time the Wailers and Jasta) passing by the Valley of Ordesa. In the town of the festival (Sallent de Gallego) I had posted my car for sale on an announcement board. I showed it to a Romanian guy who lives near there and the next day he bought it. He lives in an abandoned town where to repopulate the town they have given land/ruins to a number of people to build houses and it is a quaint little town with stone houses with slate roofs.

I took the bus down from Sabiñanigo, sending half by luggage to Madrid with Carlitos and Diana. I climbed in Rodellar a couple of days and passed through Alcañiz for a final goodbye, now I´m in Teruel heading for Cuenca? Alicante? Valdepeñas?...