Although I should have been out running today, my legs didn’t feel like they’d recovered from my run last week. So I decided to go for a longish walk lower down our valley from La Luette to Bramois, near Sion. Underfoot conditions varied from ice to snow to fallen leaves and small stones, with one or two obstacles to overcome.
Spring must be in the air as I saw not one, but five, separate, Tortoiseshell butterflies (all too quick for me to get a picture) and a small lizard relaxing in the bright sunshine, (until I came along anyway, when it shot under a stone).
The teperature of the water in these pools reaches 29 degrees C or 84 F
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Great walk Mike…love the pics as always, cheers!
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You’re welcome Jamesie. I’m glad you enjoyed them. 🙂
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Looks great. I’d like to do this walk next time we’re over!
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You get a different view of the valley from that side (obviously). But it does still go up and down a bit – about 450m of ascent according to my GPS. I also had to run to catch the 14:10, as otherwise I’d have to wait until 17:10 !
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So beautiful!
Honest and truly a lizard? You saw a lizard? I would’ve never expected that, really! Very cool! 😀
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Yep! I heard a rustle of the leaves to my right (which was the uphill side at the time) and I stopped to see if I could see what it was. I moved slightly nearer, then it scampered under a rock. It was one of those small greenish ones, maybe 9″ long from the head to the tip of the tail. You see loads in the summer, but mid-February is quite early. I told you it was warm when the sun came out! 🙂
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Beautiful pictures. Spring is in there air, but there is definitely still a lot of snow.
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Thanks. On the south facing slopes the snow has receded to maybe 2,000 metres, but it’s still there at 1,000 to 1,200m in the shade. I chose that route as it’s at around 1000m and I knew most of it was clear, but I still struggled to get down that first path.
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I’ll bet. Walking through snow is hard.
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It is and it would/should be good training, but I can’t seem to get motivated with the white stuff, particularly when I’m supposed to be running. Hopefully this week I’ll get a good distance done.
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I hope so!
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Well, I just managed 13 miles / 21k in just under 2 hours, so not a bad effort. Though there was no way I could have gone round again… But I have a few more weeks… 🙂
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Yes! And that’s a good workout! You’ve got this.
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My legs feel ‘used’ but not too bad today, so I’m now planning a short revoery run at the weekend in preparation for another 13 miles or maybe more next Tuesday… The (blue) run graph is steadily climbing. 🙂
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woot!
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Hi. I was just clearing out my Spam and Trash folders (as I had a couple of odd comments this morning) and I discovered this comment still ‘Pending’. Sorry, I must have missed it! Hope your training is going well. 🙂
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No worries. I’m super slow lately in replying myself!
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