had a fantastic night’s sleep!! We ate our porridge in the sun and felt a whole lot better!! Especially as we knew that we were going to leave the tent here for most of the day again and walk up the valley without our packs. The walk up the French valley was quite uphill, but not as serious as other parts. Lots of the guide books say that this is the most scenic part of the whole trek, and it was easy to see why, especially baked in glorious sunshine!! There was the glacier, the snow capped mountains, the raging river and as we climbed further it just got better and better. At the top of the valley was a kind of amphitheatre of snow and ice high up on the mountainside, and the view of the Cuernos were just stunning - this really was a remarkable place!! Once again though, time was ticking on and our tired legs and the heat were taking their toll, so we stopped around forty minutes from the campsite at the top of the valley and decided to make our way down. Looking at where we were we didn’t reckon that

we were going to see much more, and we still had a two hour walk with our packs on to do after we got back to the tent. Given the unreliable nature of the timings we were taking the two hour estimation with a pinch of salt as well!!

After lunch and packing up we were off again. The walk wasn’t too difficult, and once again the scenery was amazing. This part of the walk led us back down and into an area of very picturesque lakes, and with a couple of little uphill stretches we caught sight of our final Refugio, Las Torres. This one for a change had a really well set up campsite, and we bumped into Michael, a young English lad who we’d met a couple of times along the way, and shared a couple of beers in the nice warm bar. Once again it was nice to have a hot shower, and after another pretty good night’s sleep we were ready to face our final day in the park - the walk up the Grey valley for