{"id":730,"date":"2011-02-20T12:09:50","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T12:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/paul.hodgkinson\/wordpress\/?p=730"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:36:19","slug":"chamonix-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2011\/02\/chamonix-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamonix IV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"AnnecyCanals\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As the weather was too cloudy to go up into the mountains, we made a day trip to the scenic town of Annecy<\/a>.\u00a0 The combination of the slow regional trains and the circuitous route around the valleys (2 train changes) meant that the journey took about a an hour and half despite the direct distance being less than 60 km.<\/p>\n

\"AnnecyJail\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"AnnecyJail2\"<\/a> \"AnnecyJail3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Annecy’s most iconic building – the Palais de l’Isle<\/a> [45 53 55 N, 6 7 40 E], which sits between canals leading into Lake Annecy.<\/p>\n

\"AnnecyCathedral\"<\/a> \"FrancoisdeSalesShrine\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Annecy Cathedral and its shrine to St. Fran\u00e7ois de Sales<\/a>, an important figure in the Catholic mystic tradition. Although consecrated as bishop of Geneva, the seat of the bishopric had moved to Annecy due to Protestant control of Geneva in this period.<\/p>\n

\"LacAnnecy2\"<\/a> \"LacAnnecy\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Boats on Lake Annecy<\/a>, France’s second largest lake (Annecy is at its northernmost tip).<\/p>\n

\"AnnecyBoat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was hard to resist having a go, despite the dull weather and freezing water temperatures!<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"BreventFog\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The final day was also a bit cloudy, but there were enough breaks in the cloud to use the last day on the multipasses to take the cable cars up to Le Br\u00e9vent (2525 m) [45 56 1 N, 6 50 14 E].\u00a0 This is the view down towards the mid station of Planpraz (1999 m).<\/p>\n

\"Chamois\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Spot the chamois<\/a>!\u00a0 After days of searching, we had previously\u00a0 spotted a marmot<\/a> – sadly too far away for my camera’s limited zoom.\u00a0 We would just have needed a mouflon<\/a> for a clean sweep of distinctive alpine animals.<\/p>\n

\"RefugeBelLachat\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A tragic disappointment.\u00a0 The refuge Bel Lachat had already closed for the season.<\/p>\n

\"BreventFogDescent\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Descent through the clouds back down into Chamonix.<\/p>\n

\"ChamonixCafe\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A last chance to enjoy some continental cafe culture (including some tartiflette<\/a>) before heading home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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