We left the delightful town of Courmayeur a little earlier 7.30 to avoid the heat. It had taken a little coaxing to get an early breakfast 6.45 but in the morning they were most helpful. I think their concern was that they could not get fresh croissants to us (they suceeded). The TMB took us through the streets climbing steeper and steeper past picturesque city houses giving way to farmhouses and then after climbing about 250m we turn off the road a really began climbing. We zig zagged up the mountainside for another 500m until we reached Rifugio Bertoni. Towards the top we got amazing views back to the valley floor. The path then followed one side of the valley about half way up giving us a delightful walk amongst pine forrests and alpine meadows. We lunched at Refugio Bonati where we sat outside to admire the view across to Monte Bianco and its surrounding icy spires. After lunch ( where we once again met our Canadian friends) we pressed on doing another 90 minutes along the valley before stopping for the night. This was further than the guidebook recommended but Clare had wisely seen that the following day was a very tough one and a little headstart would help.
The photo is Rifugio Bonati
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