After a good night’s sleep, things seemed and felt better. For one thing the Zen Removers had learnt their lesson, whether someone had told them or they had realised it themselves, and their mobile alarm was now on vibrate. I knew I could sleep on because I had the Fitbit on my arm and it … More Camino Sola 2015: Day Three – Acebo to Molinaseca
I woke up to the sound of my mobile alarm and scrambled like mad, completely mortified, to get into my little cross body bag where my mobile was. Strangely it stopped before I got to it. In fact, it belonged to the person in the next top bunk. The scramble woke me up though, and … More Camino Sola 2015: Day Two – Rabanal to Acebo
I arrived in Astorga by bus from Santiago, and really enjoyed getting the short recap of places I would soon be revisiting rather more slowly and in detail. Also I had ample time to think about Denise and the recent developments in her disappearance – the police had arrested a man they had kept an … More Camino Sola 2015: Day One – Astorga to Rabanal
This year I have thought about making some changes to my kit and Camino habits. It just occurred to me that I am so close to the ultimate kit and way of doing it – for me, I hasten to add – that I have perhaps forgotten or neglected to try out different things. Things … More Changes and challenges for my September Camino
Denise Thiem, an American woman of Chinese descent, was last seen in Astorga on April 5th this year, when she told a fellow pilgrim she wanted to look around a bit and then move on. Neither pilgrims nor her family have seen or heard from her since. The police have searched for her in the local … More The disappearance of Denise
Now that I am back home and have had time to think about it, I thought I would make some concluding comments about the walk. Would I recommend walking Hadrian’s Wall Path? Yes I would. And I would recommend walking it from West to East, as Newcastle makes for a nice change after the walk … More Hadrian’s Wall Path – Conclusion
Waking up in Newcastle on a bright and sunny day, the plan had originally been to walk out to Wallsend and the Segedunum fort museum. However … did I mention it was bright and sunny, and that we were in a city where most walking is done on tarmac? So we decided to get the … More Hadrian’s Wall Path – Day 8
If you look at the address bar on your browser, it should now say somewhereslowly.com and no longer nidarosa.wordpress.com. It seems to transfer fine from the old address to the new one, so your old links will still work, or you can change it to this new one. I feel a little bit excited, actually, … More A change of address
For my September top-up camino this year I will be taking Pacerpoles! Not the alloys, but a pair of carbons, very kindly supplied by Heather at Pacerpole.com for me to try out and compare to the alloys. The reduced weight of the actual carbon pole means the centre or point of gravity is slightly different … More Pacerpole preparation
While walking Hadrian’s Wall Path we used the Trailblazer guidebook with hand drawn maps and lots of info and interesting details written into them to help you pinpoint where you are. The maps can be read both ways and the book worked surprisingly well even though we walked the ‘other’ (right!) way. The link above … More Guidebook fun!
Somewhere Slowly 