Now most Camino veterans or just pre-walk nerds will notice that this was not an 18 km day, far from it! As we left Eirexe on a beautiful cool morning on gently sloping tarmac, 25 kms looked like a good idea. Melide not being a typical Brierley stop also sounded like a good idea. Unfortunately … More Camino 16: Day Three – Eirexe to Melide
Some of you may have noticed that I have a thing about lightweight sleeping bags and that I am also pretty weight conscious packing wise. This of course makes me yearn for things like the Sea to Summit Traveller 1 or the Montbell UL Spiral Down Hugger, but they are very expensive for the weight I … More Because I’m worth it …
The soap and shampoo thing has always bothered me. Carrying stuff diluted with water seems silly when there are lighter, solid alternatives. Then again, solid soap and shampoo gets sticky and takes a while to dry between showers, which isn’t ideal when you go from place to place every day. Also there is often nowhere … More Old idea, new camino tip!
No, not bragging … bagging. As you may know, the Pope has declared an extraordinary jubilee this year, the Year of Mercy. This means different things to different people, but it also means that the Holy doors of the cathedrals and major churches around the world will be opened. They will in effect become doors … More Holy Door Bagging!
Due to Life and related things, my 2014 St. Olav’s Way walk had to be postponed while we both tried to figure out whether to walk it all in one go, whether to camp to save money – which would take longer due to heavier packs – or to pack ultralightly and move faster, further and … More St. Olav’s Way – we have a date!
Back to the night before: It turns out that the side room where we had picked our two beds, away from the semi crowded and damp and stifling albergue rooms upstairs, was actually a hall outside two private rooms with en suite bathrooms on the ground floor. Ah well, never mind. And I didn’t. Not until I … More Camino 16: Day Two – Mercadoiro to Eirexe
Here’s my un-packing list after my April 2016 walk from Sarria to Santiago revisions. This is an all-in, from-skin-out (FSO) list, so everything I wear or am carrying is included. Osprey Tempest 30 L – everything fits as if by magic! Now also with lizard. Synthetic sleeping bag in drybag – only used once and definitely just for … More Un-packing list May 2016
I have just returned from my Sarria to Santiago walk with my friend S, who is a first timer and wanted to take this opportunity to experience the Camino and also get a Compostela in the Year of Mercy. We initially planned on walking the Ingles, but changed to the Frances due to the expected … More Camino 16: Day One – Sarria to Mercadoiro
I am shortly – tomorrow! – going for a one week walk in Galicia with my friend, who is new to the Camino. We initially decided on the Camino Ingles, but now it looks like we are walking from Sarria as the infrastructure will allow us more flexibility in where to stop, stay and eat. … More Packing list for a Galician spring walk
I know lots of you/us like to add patches to our packs and I have read several forum posts about sewing and gluing and velcroing things to lids and pockets. I have always stitched the forum patch on my pack as an icebreaker and also in case anyone should recognise it/me, but there was another … More Iron-on patch panic and success!
Somewhere Slowly 