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- thursday 9 july
2015 -
Along the Garonne
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Summary: five days of exploring bordermarkers around Bossòst, together
with Jan-Willem. Main targets: the unfindable bordermarkers 359, 364
and bm408III & IV.
Today: from Pont du Roi once again doing the bm409 submarkers. Also: a search for cross D of the "Terrain indivis de Bidaubus".
Weather: sunny & hot
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For
explanation of
the gps-coordinates and other cartographic backgrounds: see the cartography-page
The gps-track has not been manually corrected which explains the inaccuracy and misalignment at some points.
Started at 9.30, finish at 12.45
According
to visugpx
- distance : 6,1 km
- cum. elevation gain : 81m
- cum. elevation loss : 97m
- total elevation: 178m
- altitude maxi : 620m
- altitude mini : 576m
- altitude average : 593m
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At Pont du Roi: bm410 with in front the damaged bm409-7fr.
About the damaged one: see this blog-post
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What surprises me: since my last visit on 20140905, the large letters have been repainted and the small ones cleaned.
And this is not the only act of maintenance: all (sub)markers 409-410
have been cleaned and cleared since my last visits in 2014.
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Close-up
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This is an old picture of the same marker when it was still a milestone. See this page.
In the "Journal de la restauration de l'abornement de la Haute Garonne"
by Jean Sermet (1957) we can read that the joint border-commission
promoted this triangular milestone to the official bm410 by engraving
the number 410. They couldn't find the original quadrangular
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And that original and disappeared bm410 can be seen on an old postcard, provided by Charles Darrieu.
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The other side of bm410
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Close-up
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Close-up
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Then the unnumbered bordermarkers on the new bridge over the Garonne.
The marker in front was meant to hold a flagpost (I think)
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But this is the real one showing the borderline on a plaque.
This marker was repaired in 2012: see this blog-post
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On the other side of the bridge a second plaque.
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Bm409-7es, as seen from the bridge.
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Close-up.
This bm can't be reached from the bridge but
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only from the trail at the Spanish side of the Garonne.
It's a short walk along the road into Spain to get on that trail which then goes N along the river.
At this point - looking N - where a cairn is made, you can descend to bm409-7fr. We will do that on the way back.
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Same spot with same cairn, now looking S.
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Along the trail: bm409-6es
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Bm409-6es
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Then a view to the other side of the river where we can spot
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bm409-6fr which was underwater last year at 20140527
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Bm409-6fr, zoom-in
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Bm409-5es, off the trail near the river.
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Bm409-5es
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Bm409-4es, along the trail
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Bm409-4es
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Bm409-3es, along the trail
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Bm409-3es
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Bm409-2es, off the trail near the water
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Bm409-2es
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Bm409-1es, down below the bridge over the borderstream "ruisseau du terme".
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Bm409-1es
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Bm409-1es
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Bm410 with the bridge over the borderstream
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Bm410
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Bm410 with at its foot a concrete and mysterious round stone. See this page.
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Bm409-1es as seen from the bridge.
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We return along the trail. This picture: the wall along the trail with
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- zoomin - the breach in the wall where you can descend to bm409-2fr
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Then- a bit further - we climb the rocky hill along the trail.
This
is probably the spot of cross D of the undivided terrain of Bidaubus.
For more information about this "terrain indivis" and its
crosses: see this page.
But we can't find any trace of a cross.
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Back on the trail. Further on: rafters on the Garonne.
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Now, I do descend to bm409-7es
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Bm409-7es, getting closer
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Bm409-7es
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And back at the road, looking S.
Jan-Willem stands and shows where the trail starts.
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Then along the French riverside to re-do the six submarkers along the river (nr. 7 is located near bm410, see above).
First bm409-6fr, seen from the road, which was underwater last year at 20140527
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Bm409-6fr
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Bm409-6fr
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Bm409-5fr, just before a parking spot
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Bm409-5fr
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From the mentioned parking spot, one can reach bm409-4fr, taking a small footpath into the bush.
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Bm409-4fr
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Bm409-4fr
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Jan-Willem shows where the footpath starts towards bm409-4fr
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Further on: bm409-3fr which was covered by mud last year.
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Bm409-3fr
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Bm409-3fr with the P20-pole which makes finding this marker more easy
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At the side-rail, there are indications painted where the submarkers are.
Here we see: "P20" and "3"
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Further on: bm409-2fr
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Bm409-2fr
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Bm409-1fr was difficult to spot from the road last year. Now it has been cleared from the undergrowth.
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Bm409-1fr
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Bm409-1fr
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We repaint the indications on the siderail.
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And then we finish our holiday with a well deserved paella-lunch in Les.
From the terrace this view towards the mountain village of Canejan and
the borderridge with bm411-414. The blue dotted line shows the tough
variant of the GRPdesBF-stage 410-417
Next day, we will pay a visit to Charles Darrieu and then return home, driving in one go to Holland.
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