Slightly remiss of me, I ended on day six when in fact day seven can still be counted as part of the adventure.
Occasionally one or two of the party may head for home late on the evening of day six; for the rest of us, day seven marks our departure from Porta and the beginning of the long haul home. But before the night train trundles its way northwards, some of us take time to enjoy our last view of these spectacular mountains from the relaxing environment of the natural spa baths in Ax les Thermes.
But imagine the shock on exiting the baths to find that the night train has also been cancelled… so it was all aboard a rather chilly TER to Toulouse where our train would finally leave in the wee small hours.
