Today was a public holiday in Switzerland and there was a crowd waiting for the bus to go to La Vue-des-Alpes. There was no sign of the bus at the stated time, and we were just about to try and organise a taxi with some others, when it arrived. The weather was a lot better than yesterday; sunny and warm. We walked up the road to the ridge and started along it. There were numerous high points along it, with great views south to the Alps. We could see The Eiger and Mont Blanc, both about 120kms from us. There were lots of people out walking because of the holiday (and the good weather). We finally descended off the ridge and then walked through a wide valley with trees dotted about, almost like English parkland. We continued the descent and stopped at a restaurant for a very good piece of apricot tart and a drink. The path then went back onto the ridge, but we followed a local road as we still had a long way to go to our accommodation. We joined the trail again for the descent to Noiraigue. This was steep, and it looked like there had not been any work on the path for a while. We reached the village, and then walked on a track beside the river to our accommodation.
Max elevation: 1442 m
Total climbing: 549 m
Glad you have dried out today! Lovely pictures of the mountains too.