July 18th Lescun

With backpackers going off on the GR10 and HRP each day, I got caught up with the daily exodus and set off on the GR10 going east.
I'd planned on walking the HRP west, but being in the high Pyrenees I wasn't ready to leave them so soon.
It was lovely walking through woodland then the Lhers valley up steeply in more forest to the Col de Barrancq which at 1600m was the highest point of the days walk.
From there it was a steep descent often in the hot sun to the Gave de Aspe and the village of Etsaut.
A shaded thermometer show a temperature of 37, too hot for me to be in the sun, even with the shade of my brolly.
I sussed out a camping spot in a picnic area by the river.
Later I met two guys who had descended from where I was going through on the next stage, who advised me to have a rest day or two whilst it is so hot.
Etsaut was not a great place to chill out for a day or two, so I caught the last bus to a place where I could return to the lovely campsite at Lescun.
The second car going towards Lescun stopped for me and took me to the campsite entrance, thank you kind woman
After the Campsite in Cazorla this is the nicest I have stayed at, and the setting is stunning