I've been a bit remiss over the past week or so and not posted any updates, but I do have an excuse. Arriving in our holiday hideaway in the Pyrenees, we found that the France Telecom internet connection was not working. Thankfully after 6 days of work by the housekeeper, not to mention a line repair by yours truly, we were reconnected.
We weren't at a loss for things to do though, plenty of photographic opportunities and some good cycling country too. Friday was an unexpected combination of the two.
We drove down to the Col d'Aspin where we have seen a number of birds of prey in the past, but there was nothing to see. So turning back down the mountain, we got about halfway down when we had to stop for a road closure to allow a bike race to finish. It turned out to be the Route du Sud and held us up for a couple of hours.
The silver lining to this was on the drive back, Rose noticed a huge number of birds of prey following a combine harvester as the farmer was cutting his corn. We were hoping to spot a Black Kite amongst them, but had to make do with a variety of Buzzards.
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