GR11 - Day 10 - to Estacion Canfranc

We got up to another blue sky. It amazed me that the tent was so wet. It's just from condensation. The mountains were still hiding the sun at 8:00 so we packed up wet. We went tromping through the valley bottom, skipping over the meandering stream umpteen times. We didn't seem to be on a trail, the GPS either. After we started climbing, we finally found our red/white marks again. The going is kind of rocky, hard to find good footing. We missed our turn at Ibon de Estanes. We were going down to the lake instead of staying high and going around it. That meant scrambling back up over 60 m which I could have done without. The going was slow becose of the rocky trail. We had to make a giant loop around a valley to Candanchu because of the cliffs. When we got there, nothing was open. It's a ski centre which totally closes in summer. We were hoping to eat there. We made our way to the Estacion Canfranc. The first Casa Rural (bed and breakfast) didn't answer, the second claimed to be full. We finally found an open bar and each savoured a large beer. I waited there with the packs as Peter went hunting for a place to sleep. He funally found rooms at a 3* hotel. It felt so good to lie in a tub filled with hot water.