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- thursday 10 june 2021 -
 
Visiting the new cycle-trail along the 409-es-submarkers; redoing 409-1fr and 3fr

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Summary: part of a series of 8 daytrips in june 2021 near Bagnères-de-Luchon and Col de Somport. This is day 1.

Today: in the afternoon a visit to the cycle-trail in construction along the bm409-es submarkers. After that: bm4091-1fr and 3fr.

Weather: cloudy, nice temperature.



track-20210610.kml
(click to open this trip in Google Earth or copy link to Google Maps; click right on this link to download gpx-version). The gps-track has not been manually  corrected which explains the inaccuracy and misalignment at some points. For cartographic backgrounds: see the cartography-page

Gps-waypoints of all bordermarkers (most recent version):
kml:  esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.kml
gpx:  esfr-bordermarkers-all-waypoints.gpx (with elevation added by gpsvisualizer.com)
According to Garmin Basecamp (uncorrected original track):

Distance: 5,0 km
Max-height: 602m
Min-height: 571m
Elevation: +156m -145m
Total elevation: 301m

Start 15:36  Finish 17:42
Total time: 2:06

Yesterday I started driving to the Pyrenees with an overnight's stop at camping Montréal in Saint-Germain-les-Belles.
The camping staff of camping Les Myrtilles in Moustajon has its lunch-break.

So I do first a small trip from Pont du Roi (bm410) to see for myself the new cycle-trail in construction along the Garonne-river.

Carlos and Conchita reported about this trail in the spring. See this blogpost. I thought it was a walking path in construction but today I will learn that it a cycle-trail.


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The old Pont de Roi.


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Kind of bordermarkers on the new bridge.


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Without any numbering.


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Looking into France.


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Looking into Spain.


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Looking towards France.


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The borderline indicated at the round plaque.


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Bm409-7es can be seen from the new bridge


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but is hardly visible in this time of year.



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Zoom-in to bm409-7es



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Then I try something new: just beyond the bridge is this railing.


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I can spot bm409-7es between the branches and leaves.

I climb easily over the railing



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and can get closer to bm409-7es.



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Bm409-7es

There is an access from above



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but bm409-7es is also well to photograph from here.



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Bm409-7es



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To my surprise there is a trail from the railing descending to the riverside which


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a bit further climbs uphill.


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The new bridge, you can spot the unnumbered markers on the bridge.


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I follow the trail uphill


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which gets more distinct close


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to its junction with the new cycle-trail in construction.


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Strangely enough, it just ends here as if the construction workers suddenly quit their jobs.


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You can see the path descending as a side-branch to the river. That's where I came from.

That path wasn't there before and seems to be made as an easy connection for the workers between bridge and the cycle-trail in construction.


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I walk along the concrete track to the north.


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At at steep part, this metal construction.


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Bm409-6es is now under the elevated track.



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Bm409-6es



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Bm409-6es, zoom-in



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I try to reach bm409-6es from below from the riverside but the hillside is too steep.



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Continuing until


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the concrete underground returns.


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Bm409-5es is covered under tree branches.



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Bm409-5es


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Bm409-4es, close the new track.



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Bm409-4es


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Bm409-3es can already be seen from here and



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better on this zoom-in.



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But bm409-3es can best be accessed further on through this breach of the wall.


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Bm409-3es



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Bm409-2es, as spotted from the track.



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Bm409-2es, zoom-in


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Bm409-2es


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Reaching the end of the Spanish part of the cycle track. You can spot already bm409 at the bridge.


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Bm409 in front.

There is a new bridge.


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Bm409


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From the other side (French side).


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Bm409-1es is placed below the bridge and since years covered by blackberries.



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Bm409-1es, now partly revealed by the slaying ot the undergrowth with my walking-stick.


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Bm409-1es


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Bm409-1es, showing its position under the bridge.


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At the French side they are now working on putting tarmac on the track.

One of the workers tells me that it's going to be a cycle-track. The French part is definitively broader than the Spanish part.


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Looking back into Spain.


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Information panel about the Garonne.


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I walk back and photograph againg bm409-6es.


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Back at where I started.


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With once againg the branch leading to the river.


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But first I continue along the unfinished part


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which joins the main road further on.


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From the road looking back.

I return to the start of the concrete part and descend to the river again,


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making pictures again of bm409-7es.


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At the bottom of the rock underneath bm409-7es, I see these bright green paintings.

As if they are going to build something here also. We'll see.


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Return to the car and a short drive to a parking, close to bm409-1fr and 3fr.

The reason is that Carlos & Conchita couldn't find those two markers in the spring.

Tomorrow we will  have a look together but I want to search first for myself.
I have troubles finding bm409-1fr.

It can't be far away of the guard rail along the road.


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Moreover: it's position is indicated by


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a sign on that guard rail. You can distinguish - with some fantasy - an '1'.


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Only with pricking with my walking stick in the undergrowth, I can find bm409-1fr.

It is fully overgrown.


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Bm409-1fr, uncovered for a bit.


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Bm409-1fr (lower left corner) with the guard rail uphill


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Bm409-3fr is on ground level, I know that from earlier visits.

It has been covered by soil after a flooding, years ago.

Luckily there is signpost besides it, indicating its position.



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Bm409-3fr, now with the top surface cleaned.


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Bm409-3fr


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Best place to descend from the road to bm409-3fr.


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At the guard rail a "3" painted.


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At the parking, I discover this large information panel


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with the explanation of the cycle trail.


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Enough for today.

Back to the camping (Les Myrtilles in the village of Moustajon) and installing myself.


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