23.22 Pic de la Menera-Portella from Encamp (parish), a hike ending at border of France, Spain and Andorra, fascinating concept.
Some flowers and tame pansy bring color into the wilds, heading down to refugi from earlier peak. From the peak, France and Spain behind, Andorra to the west (directly ahead). The 'kid' peaks and is surprised after quite a trip upwards. Notes from Andorra follow. The blog before the previous dealt with parking difficulties in the Principality. Notwithstanding the parking issues, we were due to be in the country for 8 days. However, we extended this by shortening our stay in Barcelona considerably. We also found a another parish to move to in order to provide a different environment, certainly a quieter one. We are getting ready to move between parishes after our first rainy day in Andorra. As we mentioned, the rain soaked us silly including backpacks and contents therein. Naturally, on a day such as we experienced, without a burning sun to dry out the clothes and other items, we were stuck or at least, wet. Normally, should we have access to a washin...