After the break, it was more of the same as both sides struggled to carve open clear cut opportunities and the main excitement came from watching the redmist descend on Malbranque.
There are plenty of other possibilities for exploring the area, including the 12km hike between the villages of Shicheng and Changxi which is popular among Chinese hikers for its stunning autumn scenery: imagine red maples shrouded in morning mist with a village nestled at the bottom of a valley.