Magic Dragons and Mr Moon

After my successful days ride on Friday, the sky cleared, sort of, so I decided to go and see if I could see anything interesting in the sky..

Firstly as the sun was going down, the snow clad mountains were bathed in red light, and then as it got dark properly, I was waiting, hoping to see some shooting stars – no such luck, although as I wandered back to Wally one of my fellow campers said to me, something like ‘ the last light of the day’ pointing to the mountains across the valley, with a weird light behind it, and yes, to some…it may have looked like that, although I knew the sun had gone down in a different direction..and so I waited, and waited.. realising it to be something different… what ? do you know…the moon coming up behind the mountains, casting it’s light upwards, until eventually it poked it’s face up from behind  ,and soon it was almost like daylight, with a full moon casting it’s light upon me.. so it was time for bed..and because of the clear night, it was a cold one, so much so…I put 2 bars on the fire…big mistake, although nicely hot as I went to sleep…early morning I awoke,quite chilly, switched the fire on, and the fan clearly wasn’t as quick to get going as the heating elements, which glowed quite nicely in the dark…and promptly burnt out,just like ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’  !,leaving the fire to now blow cold air all around…however, all was not lost…I had Wally’s own heater to switch on, which was soon roaring like a jet engine, blasting hot air all around…phew, but costly as it uses MY diesel…

I had a plan, I would buy a new heater (in Lourdes), buy an adapter to use on my electrics…and then be able to use the campsites electric again ! Perfect, not quite, but I did manage it by late morning, and on my way back went up to Cauterets, another ski area I’d considered staying – glad I didn’t, although in the heavy rain, nothing looks as good as it could !, although I saw that a cycle race was coming my way later in the day, finishing at Grust, next village up..

So I returned to Sazos, which was again raining hard, and whilst sheltering from the rain, and then dashing up the hill, meant I’d missed the race, although there were a few cars remaining, and dashing back to town..anyway it was good exercise, and reminded me that I’d not eaten a great deal, and so..the BBQ of all BBQ’s – yes I know it was raining (sometimes), but I decided to cook  all the meat, and did ! How’s that for a sustaining meal ?Although someone did get some of it…

Later in the evening, again a clear night, I was out wandering, trying to catch any unusual sights in the sky – lots of stars, and eventually Mr Moon coming up behind the mountains again, almost sending searchlights up into the sky..until eventually it peeped out again, so I could go to bed, a very late Bonne Nuit !