Chamonix 24 07 08

God it was a cold night, the temperature was down to almost freezing and we really didn’t sleep well, talk about a change – from being too hot to sleep to being too cold to sleep, never happy! It is clear blue skies so no cloud cover means no insulation to keep the daytime heat in.

As we had arrived late the night before we didn’t have any provisions in so we had breakfast in Chamonix in a little cafe by the road side. Chamonix is a beautiful town with spectacular scenery all round, well up there on my favourite towns.

There is a pet shop selling all sorts of stuff, the dogs liked the look of the fluorescent rucksack.

This little church sits by the tourist information centre.

Mt Blanc from where we had breakfast.

We needed to get some clothes cleaned so we found a laundry and left a bundle of clothes for cleaning and agreed to to collect them later. After that we went to the bakers to get some sandwiches for lunch as we planned a walk in the afternoon. The plan is to take one of the cable cars (only a few take dogs) to the summit of a nearby mountain then walk either to another cable car or walk back down.

The dogs soon got used to the movement of the cable car.

Chamonix from the cable car.

We took the cable to the first station then got right on the next car to the very top. When we got out it was so high we struggled to breathe, even worse than when we were in Aspen. I walked up to the view point at the top and really struggled to get a breath.

These views are from the very top.

This is me at the top station.

People paraglide from the top, it looks great fun. Susan says I can do it if I want.

We threw some snow balls for the dogs, they had a ball.

Their latest landmark, Mt Blanc.

We were at 3270 metres above sea level.

Waiting for the cable car Ben net a huskie from Holland.

We took the cable car back to the middle station, we decided it was too risky to walk from here.

We set off on the downhill path.

About a third of the walk was through trees which was a welcome relief from the sun.

Mt Blanc from the campsite when we got back. Clear blue skies means another cold night.

We went into Chamonixto get the washing and to buy some provisions for tea and breakfast. We sat and had a drink in a bar by the river, I bought a metal sig bottle to store water in and to use as a hot water bottle at night.

We had dinner then watched 24, I got into trouble from the campsite man for letting dan off the lead.