Europe 2018 Day 4

Woke up around 5.30am, our bedroom is upstairs in the chalet, it has its own ensuite and a balcony, the roof descends throughout the roof as a raked ceiling and the floors are squeaky enough to inform the other guest of our movements. I went downstairs quietly as possible as no one else was stirring, discovering the top step has the same kind of wooden alarm system as seen in any horror movie.
Sat outside with a splendid view of Mont Blanc with no clouds in sight. Updated the blog and read. Lynette came down and performed lewd acts of yoga. The coffee in the pot was yesterdays and had tarred up overnight, I couldn't find filter bags so I had a couple of Indonesian style coffees. Grounds stirred directly into hot water, give it two minutes to settle, don't drink to the bottom.
Breakfast began at 7.00am a fine spread. Had cereal and yoghurt and one fabulous croissant, you know your in France by the quality of the croissant. We had a plastic lunchbox to fill for the walk, I took a bed of lentils, salad greens, tomato, cheese, salami and a boiled egg for the box and a good potion of bagette to accompany it. Then boots on and in the van by 9.00am.
We drove to Carlaveyron animal reserve to begin. I was dressed with long pants and short cotton t-shirt as I was to be for the rest of the day. The weather was fine and rose to 22 degrees, we applied sunscreen twice throughout the day. The walk meandered  through the woods which consisted mainly of Norweigan Spruce with Elms and Maples. Somebody said they heard a cuckoo and we saw evidence of woodpeckers. Nick, our guide, told us the black woodpecker makes a neat hole while the green woodpecker tears the bark.
The walk was a steady climb, enough to take the breath away if rushed, Nick set a good steady pace, we arrived at the Summit of Aiguillette des Houches by 1.30pm. The Summit afforded 360 degree views taking in Mont Blanc, Swiss and French Alps, just stunning.
We had lunch then descended a different route back to the Animal reserve where we spotted Deer and Alpacas before meeting up with our Chalet hosts Ben and Zoe who transported us back. I had developed a headache on the descent which stayed with me until I took a tablet about 3 hours later. Upon reaching the Chalet, it was boots off in the boot room and straight in the shower for me. I had a low flow quick shower by apparently only 4 people had the privilege before the water went cold. The hot tub was well populated with 6 bathers, we had cake tea coffee wine beer and I had a chocolate bar. We had goid conversation until the 7.15pm briefing time for tomorrow's walk followed closely by dinnner. Smoked Salmon entree, Chicken wrapped in bacon, stuffed with cream cheese on a bed of puree sweet potato followed by poached pear, caramel sauce and ice cream what a treat, straight to bed for me again I'm afraid.