On September 7th – 8th 2025, the world will witness a breathtaking celestial event, one of the most widely seen total lunar eclipses in history. The eclipse will last 5 hours and 27 minutes in total, including an extraordinary 82 minutes of totality, when the Moon will be fully immersed in Earth’s shadow. During this … More Lunar eclipse spectacle 7th – 8th Sept
Some women (and some men) have discovered the joys of ditching the trousers and shorts and walking in a skirt, kilt or even dress. After my Best Ever Hiking Trousers developed a critical material fault (totally worn out) and no other trousers came close to being comfortable enough, I needed to rethink my hiking outfit. … More Walking in skirts and dresses
Today is the last Wednesday of August, and in Buñol, a town in Valencia, Spain, that can mean only one thing: Tomato food fight! La Tomatina festival started 80 years ago, inspired by a food fight between local teenagers, and this year about 120 tonnes of tomatoes, grown especially for the event, have been trucked … More Food fight festival!
Just a quick post to share how you can find and keep an eye on the fires along the caminos, towns and cities in Spain at the minute. If you open Google Maps, pick a location you are interested in, then click on Layers – the little stack of squares marked by the yellow arrow … More Forest fires in Spain and how to find them
My post about camino sleeping bags always sees a lot of interest. When I started out, it was one of my main concerns – how to stay warm and comfortable in the night so I could get a good restorative rest and make the most of my days. So yes, I ordered, I returned, I … More Sleep system rethink
If you are already planning your camino travel for 2026, beware that Santiago airport will be closed for all traffic between April 23 and May 27 next year! There are of course other options so your camino doesn’t need to be affected in any way, you just might have to fly in to a different … More Santiago airport to close for 35 days in 2026
The wording has now been updated in both the Spanish and English version of the Pilgrim Office website, so though there are still questions around what the wording means, at least it is consistent and probably here to stay. Screenshots from today, 12 Feb 2025: Left, Spanish website, google translated; and right, English. Both state … More New compostela rules – Update
The wording has now been updated in both the Spanish and English version of the Pilgrim Office website, so though there are still questions around what the wording means, at least it is consistent and probably here to stay. Screenshots from today, 12 Feb 2025: Left, Spanish website, google translated; and right, English. Both state … More New Compostela rules!
Now what could possibly put a dampener on our last day of adventure on the Atlantic coast? Yep, rain. Or not even rain, just a constant fine misty drizzle that somehow manages to make you soaking wet through every conceivable layer of rain protection. Positive spin: This is what makes Galicia so fresh and lush … More Muxia-Finisterre day 5 – Lires to Finisterre
Leaving our lovely little compact flat in the morning we debated going back to the headland one more time, but decided to try to find breakfast and get out of town sooner rather than later as there was some debate about whether or not the cafés on the route would be open. What a glorious … More Muxia-Finisterre day 4 – Muxia to Lires
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