Photographs from our expedition On the grid at Sisteron, ready to launch on runway 36. Pic de Bure (9000ft) looking south, from about 15,000ft of north-westerly wave. Ariane flying her LS6 in wave  over l'Oratoire, near la Motte du Caire. A pilot's eye view of the Ecrins. Cloudbase here about 12,000ft. Into the Glacier Blanc, below the Barré des Ecrins, near Briançon. Sisteron Town. Coming home: evening view to the west of Charbre. Near Mont Pelvoux, from about 11,000ft. To the north of the Glacier Blanc. The Modane valley. Les Crots, an approved outlanding field at the lac de Serre-Ponçon, centre of picture. Snow-capped peaks on the Valgaudemar. A Janus, ready to go... Over the Queyras mountains, north-east of St Crepin. Soaring near Bardonecchia. In the Valgaudemar. Obiou, north of the pic de Bure. The Barre des Ecrins and the Glacier Blanc. The Patrouille de France downsizes. Near the lac d'Allos. Mont Pelat. To the north of the Glacier Blanc, in late afternoon sun. Mont Blanc. Lac Ste Croix Les Mees, strange rock formations near St Auban. The St Crepin Valley with its airfield centre of picture. Pic de Bure from the north. Riez, a typical provençale town, from the air. Fayence, in the south-east corner of Provence. The Gorge du Verdon as it enters the lac Ste Croix. Lakes at le Taillefer, near le Bourg d'Oisans In the Valgaudemar. In the Valgaudemar. Near the Grande Tête de l'Obiou. Montagne de Glandasse, in the Vercors. Montagne de Chabre, near Laragnes. Tête de Lucy (or d'Eslucis on the walking maps) at the lac de Serre-Ponçon. Looking north from the col de Carro (Matterhorn right of centre). The Matterhorn. Mont Blanc massif. Dent Blanche, near the Matterhorn. Turning onto final for Sisteron runway 18. A storm's a-brewing... ..till next year...