Toulouse

Anyone in Toulouse.

I am spending several months there and want to do some off-roading.
Any Pistes to be recommended.

David Nutton

"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Anyone in Toulouse.
>
> I am spending several months there and want to do some off-roading.
> Any Pistes to be recommended.
>
> David Nutton
>

Cross the border into Spain at St Beat ( 2 hours? )..... head down into
Vielha and turn left towards Salardu. As you enter the village of Arties
look for the camp site on the right.
Speak to Esther or Luis ( both speak a bit of English ), explain you are a
friend of mine ( David Round ) and Luis will show you some pleasant tracks
on the map...
The village of Montgarri is well worth the trip. A couple of the deserted
houses are now restored and the church is all but finished too. The old
vicarage is now a manned refuge and sells pretty good cider type stuff!.

You will probably have to wait till the end of March now or the tracks
will be too deep with snow for anything other than a set of fondo skis....

David
LLAMA 4x4
www.llama4x4.co.uk

Thanks, will give them a try if I can

david

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:48:29 -0000, "David_LLAMA4x4"
<[email protected]> wrote:

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>"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Anyone in Toulouse.
>>
>> I am spending several months there and want to do some off-roading.
>> Any Pistes to be recommended.
>>
>> David Nutton
>>
>
> Cross the border into Spain at St Beat ( 2 hours? )..... head down into
>Vielha and turn left towards Salardu. As you enter the village of Arties
>look for the camp site on the right.
> Speak to Esther or Luis ( both speak a bit of English ), explain you are a
>friend of mine ( David Round ) and Luis will show you some pleasant tracks
>on the map...
> The village of Montgarri is well worth the trip. A couple of the deserted
>houses are now restored and the church is all but finished too. The old
>vicarage is now a manned refuge and sells pretty good cider type stuff!.
>
> You will probably have to wait till the end of March now or the tracks
>will be too deep with snow for anything other than a set of fondo skis....
>
>David
>LLAMA 4x4
> www.llama4x4.co.uk
>

I stayed in Argut Dessus this time last year (more or less next door
to St Beat). Whilst I wasnt there to off-road if you pick up a 1:25k
or 1:50k (iGN do good 1:50k and TOP25 for 1:25k) there are lots of
very good tracks around that area. From experiance even the "main
road" upto the Lucheon ski-resort is interesting when packed with snow
and ice!!

Jon

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:48:29 -0000, "David_LLAMA4x4"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Anyone in Toulouse.
>>
>> I am spending several months there and want to do some off-roading.
>> Any Pistes to be recommended.
>>
>> David Nutton
>>
>
> Cross the border into Spain at St Beat ( 2 hours? )..... head down into
>Vielha and turn left towards Salardu. As you enter the village of Arties
>look for the camp site on the right.
> Speak to Esther or Luis ( both speak a bit of English ), explain you are a
>friend of mine ( David Round ) and Luis will show you some pleasant tracks
>on the map...
> The village of Montgarri is well worth the trip. A couple of the deserted
>houses are now restored and the church is all but finished too. The old
>vicarage is now a manned refuge and sells pretty good cider type stuff!.
>
> You will probably have to wait till the end of March now or the tracks
>will be too deep with snow for anything other than a set of fondo skis....
>
>David
>LLAMA 4x4
> www.llama4x4.co.uk
>

Just a thought but have you a GPS?

If so could you record any routes you find and make them available for
download / email ??

I know I am going to that area again next Christmas/New Year so would
be useful, I am sure to others also?


Thanks.
Jon


On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 21:21:26 +0100, David
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Anyone in Toulouse.
>
>I am spending several months there and want to do some off-roading.
>Any Pistes to be recommended.
>
>David Nutton

In article <[email protected]>,
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> Anyone in Toulouse.
>
> I am spending several months there and want to do some off-roading.
> Any Pistes to be recommended.
>
> David Nutton
>
>
Speak to Freddy or Lionel (English no too good) at
[email protected] who runs a hotel at Revel in the Lauragais
- when I was there last June she mentioned lots of off roading
offered by a friend in the Montaigne Noire area - north-west of
Carcassonne basically. Feel free to mention my name - Dave Jackson.
The telno is 05 61 81 73 03 - www.lacomtadine.com
Really friendly people.