22 Aug

IMG 0206  Very useful facility at the start of the hike to Pointe de Rognier IMG 0201  Below tree line IMG 0213  Gargoyle water fountain IMG 0217  Gargoyle and Mont Blanc
IMG 0199  Mont Blanc IMG 0204  on the way IMG 0212  looking back to the Mont IMG 0216  Pointe de Rognier
IMG 0200  The objective IMG 0211  The trail changed drastically to a scramble IMG 0220  Looking out over La Combe IMG 0224  Landscape
IMG 0134  A lot steeper here IMG 0133  Ridge top IMG 0131  Panorama 1 IMG 0130  Panorama 2
IMG 0129  Panorama 3 IMG 0128  Panorama 4 IMG 0127  Panorama 5 IMG 0126  The trail ahead looked like a long scramble so I turned around
IMG 0124  Heading back to the car IMG 0122  Looking down in the Maurianne IMG 0121  the other side of the valley IMG 0120  with forest
IMG 0117  Alpage/hut IMG 0116  Blueberry harvest IMG 0115  the famous knives began here in St-Jean de Maurianne IMG 0205  Cloisters
IMG 0113  Old arches defying gravity IMG 0112 IMG 0209  Fountain IMG 0221  Garden
IMG 0207  The Abbaye in St-Jean IMG 0228  La Main Bénissante IMG 0105  Quite the Office de Tourisme IMG 0225  with resin cow
IMG 0104  photo exhibit with theme of reflexion IMG 0103  Robin checks them out IMG 0102  Back at the gîte, dinner... IMG 0101  Could not get Robin to look up
IMG 0096  Chicken, polenta, peppers IMG 0094  and cheese! IMG 0098  Bouquet gathered from the fields around by Robin IMG 0089  Last light
IMG 0086  End of the day