Tomorrow I leave home, though I won’t be flying out until the day after. Every last bit of packing has to be done by the time I walk out the door tomorrow – eek! I know I will forget something, I just hope it won’t be my mobile charger lead, because it’s different than my … More The day before the day before
Today it’s three days until I fly out. Getting there will take a bit of time, but I don’t mind – I get to stay in Santiago one evening and morning, see some of Spain on the bus, arrive in time to have a meal with other pilgrims. Thinking about packing (yes, still) and how … More Kit tetris for camino nerds
If you are new to the camino or that sort of long distance walking – ie not backpacking as such – you might be forgiven for thinking that anyone who has done this repeatedly would have the packing list and training down to a fine art by now and be able to just put on … More 5 days to go
As sometimes happens, life and plans (not to mention insane politics) get in the way of blogging, but now that a few things have sorted themselves out – a new contract, a postponement and an extension – things seem to be back on track again for the immediate future. So I can be off again … More Normal service will resume shortly
Our last walking day on the Camino started as bright and sunny as the others. We had been told where to go from Pedrouzo to rejoin the trail, and it was strange to walk somewhere completely new on a walk that I now know so well. Is this what first timers feel all the time? … More Camino Sola 2015: Day Eleven – Pedrouzo to Santiago
The day started with breakfast – typical Spanish breakfast, with toast and jam, coffee and juice. Oh, and cake. When I asked for cheese we were given some, so that was protein for our walking legs sorted. We three and T were in no hurry getting back on the road but the morning was lovely … More Camino Sola 2015: Day Ten – Casa Milia to Pedrouzo
In the morning we had breakfast downstairs and in came M, who seemed to always pop up unexpectedly. She had secured the last bed in the biggest albergue in Palas de Rei at about four in the afternoon the day before – and we came into town about six! If we were going to have any … More Camino Sola 2015: Day Nine – Palas de Rei to Casa Milia
A week into my Camino Sola I was sitting outside the Mirador, where I had arranged to have breakfast with A and B, only to find that two bus loads of teenagers had booked the entire café. Shame, because the view from there is spectacular as the sun rises and you can see the remains … More Camino Sola 2015: Day Eight – Portomarin to Palas de Rei
The next morning I met A as promised, and we had a good laugh at my tiny pack and her huge one. Also she is very petite and I am … not. We talked of books, we had breakfast – I am proud to say I was the one to introduce her to Tarta de … More Camino Sola 2015: Day Seven – Sarria to Portomarin
Leaving Triacastela you have to make a choice – turn to the left and follow the 25 km path to Samos, once one of the most powerful monestaries in Spain and still an interesting place to see and visit or even stay; or turn to the right and take the shorter 18 km path via … More Camino Sola 2015: Day Six – Triacastela to Sarria (and The Sarria Thing)
Somewhere Slowly 