JEREMY TAYLOR: WRITER - TEACHER - JUGGLER

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The Chemin de la Mâture (part 2 of 4)
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mum climbing path

Is it a bird, is it a plane, no, it's Jeremy's mum, hiking up the chemin de la mature. Not bad for a 76 year old!

 

Vallée d'enfer!
Down into the ravine... the delightfully named 'Gorges d'Enfer' 'Gorge of Hell'

 

Fort
The Fort du Portalet as seen from the chemin de la mâture. The fort was built in 1842, on the site of an earlier fort. From 1941-43, Philippe Pétain, leader of the Vichy government, imprisoned socialist premier Léon Blum in the Fort. In 1945, it was Pétain himself who was locked away in the fort. For more information (in French) click here.

 

more of the chemin de la mature
Gradually the path flattens out.

 

Narrow or what?
Not for the fainthearted...

 

succulents
Although the rainfall on this side of the Pyrenees is high, it is not easy for plants to survive the cold winters and warm summers. Here is a succulent clinging to the dry rock.

 

For part three of the chemin de la mâture