Day 9 – Chalet Pedro to Logibar

September 6, 2019 – Departed 10:20 – Arrived 16:10

I slept okay and wasn’t cold at all – a god sleeping bag helps. I was a bit slow to get going but given the previous day I had an excuse.

I took it easy to Chalets d’Iraty. The path follows trails that are, this coming weekend, going to be used in some kind of all-terrain car racing event, so there was signage in various places, otherwise the forest is very pretty.

For the second half of the hike I decided to take the shortcut through Larrau, to save me some time and effort. The shortcut is unmarked and I got lost so many times that it was very frustrating. It alternates between road sections and a path through the ferns, but the path is often so narrow and uneven that I was actually glad to get back on the road. At the entrance of Larrau I stopped to have an apple I had found under a tree at the side of the road.

The last part from Larrau to Logibar is half an hour downhill on the road. As I got almost to Logibar I realized – I don’t know how, it’s sometimes funny how memory works – that I had left my pocket knife in Larrau after slicing my apple. I dropped my stuff off at the auberge and then walked back to Larrau to fetch it (it has sentimental value to me). It was still there. And then back to Logibar, but without the backpack on it was a completely different experience.

Dinner at the auberge was one of the bests so far – quite balanced with even fruit and fromage blanc. I will need the energy tomorrow which is a long hike to Saint-Engrâce.