| Pyrenean High Route - Gavarnie to L'Hospitalet pres L'Andorre - August 2010 - Cost Summary |
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| The total costs for the trip come out at £854, £257 was spent getting to the start of the walk - some of which could have been avoided, £327 was spent getting home. This leaves £270 spent during the walk, of which £110 was spent on the rest day (2nts hotel plus meals). |
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| 1. Costs prior to leaving |
| I decided that rather than tie myself down to dates I would book the outward journey and get myself back to the UK from wherever and whenever I decided to finish, pre-trip expenditure was therefore minimal. Also - having done the trip to Gavarnie in reverse last year I was happy not to book anything other than flights. |
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| Easyjet flight (with hold luggage) from Newcastle to Stansted |
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£35.49 |
| Room at 'Days Inn', services near to Stansted Airport |
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£39.00 |
| Ryanair flight from Stansted to Pau |
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£69.99 |
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| 2. Costs on the outward journey |
| A lot of the cost for the journey outward could be avoided by buying food rather than meals, however I've included everything I spent - I also chose to spend the first night in Gavarnie in a hotel rather than the campsite, the reasons for this were wanting to revisit the excellent hotel used last year, and it would give me a good early start whatever the weather on the first day. |
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| Meal at Stansted |
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£8.04 |
| Shuttle bus to and from Stansted |
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£8.00 |
| Bus to Pau railway station |
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e1.00 |
| Rail ticket to Lourdes |
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e7.50 |
| Lunch in Lourdes - 2 hrs to kill so had a relaxed lunch in a Best Western! |
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e17.00 |
| Bus ticket to Luis st Saveur |
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e7.50 |
| Fuel for stove |
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e2.20 |
| Bus to Gavarnie |
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e2.00 |
| Evening meal in Gavarnie |
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e28.30 |
| Accommodation in Gavarnie |
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e53.00 |
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| 3. Costs en route |
| I had brought food for Section 3 (9 days) with me from the UK, but not 100% of what was needed, I used the refuges and other places on route to supplement what I carried. |
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| SECTION 3 |
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| Campsite - Sandwich, beer and campsite fees |
30/07/10 |
e17.00 |
| Refuge de Barroude, soup, omlette, drink |
31/07/10 |
e16.00 |
| Camping Forcalla, full evening meal, camp fees, drinks |
01/08/10 |
e28.80 |
| Refuge La Soula, meal, accommodation and breakfast |
02/08/10 |
e37.00 |
| Refuge Portillon, soup and coffee |
03/08/10 |
e6.50 |
| Hospital de Benasque, buffet breakfast! |
04/08/10 |
e9.00 |
| No Expenditure |
05/08/10 |
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| Refuge Vielha, breakfast |
06/08/10 |
e6.00 |
| Refuge Restanca, sandwich, coffee, orange juice |
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e14.00 |
| Refuge Colomers, tuna salad, soup, coffee, orange juice |
07/08/10 |
e20.00 |
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| REST DAY AT SALARDU |
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| Supermarket - food for Section 4 |
08/08/10
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e53.00 |
| Accommodation - 2 nights, hotel |
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e84.00 |
| Meals - 2 nights, 1 day |
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e51.00 |
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| SECTION 4 |
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| No Expenditure |
09/08/10 |
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| No Expenditure |
10/08/10 |
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| No Expenditure |
11/08/10 |
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| Refuge Certascan, breakfast |
12/08/10 |
e8.70 |
| No Expenditure |
13/08/10 |
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| No Expenditure |
14/08/10 |
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| No Expenditure |
15/08/10 |
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| No Expenditure |
16/08/10 |
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| No Expenditure |
17/08/10 |
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| 4. Costs to get home |
| I followed the guides recommendation to take the night train to Paris, paid for a berth - a great way to travel and not much more than a Hotel for the night. As I was travelling on a Sunday though there wasn't the opportunity to buy food or a meal until the following morning, in fact when I bought my Eurostar ticket a First Class ticket (which included a meal) was actually cheaper than a standard ticket. |
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| Night Train to Paris |
18/08/10 |
e106.00 |
| Eurostar to London |
19/08/10 |
e149.00 |
| British Rail fare to Darlington |
19/08/10 |
£99.40 |
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