By late afternoon we'd reached Borce, a typical Pyrenean village of grey stone houses with grey slate roofs. On a dull, wet day these villages, hemmed in by the high mountains, can be rather depressing, claustrophobic places ...
We spent the night in the recently restored pilgrim refuge, the Hôpital Saint-Jacques, which also contained a tiny chapel and heritage museum. Inside was this glass sculpture ...
... and these faded 19th century frescos ...
Borce has a spectacular location on a hillside overlooking the Aspe valley ...
