by Rob | Apr 28, 2015 | Blog, Food, Gallery, Journey, Reflections
Camino Frances Start Day And I can’t Sleep! It’s 3 a.m. and I’m lying in bed in Saint Jean, not able to sleep. Outside, the rain is pouring down and I can hear it pattering on the roof. I wonder if the rain will still be this strong when I start to walk, but I’m...
by Rob | Apr 29, 2015 | Blog, Gallery, Journey, Reflections
Camino Solitude I’d estimate this morning that about 300 people left Saint Jean on the walk over the Pyrenees to Roncesvalles. Because I split the journey in two, I was effectively able to start halfway where I’d left off the day before, which put me ahead...
by Rob | Apr 29, 2015 | Blog, Gallery, Places, Spiritual
First Sight of Roncesvalles I’m just on the downhill section from the Ibaneta Pass down to Roncesvalles. People did say this is hard on the knees,….it is. I’m taking the easier route around to the right, which is a slightly gentler route but a bit...
by Rob | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog, Gallery
Camino Day 3 – Leaving Roncesvalles I awoke this morning at 6:45 a.m. in complete silence, I thought it must still be the middle of the night. When I looked at my watch and saw it was already 6:45 a.m. I was really surprised. I must have slept well… I...
by Rob | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog, Gallery, Journey
Camino Loneliness? Today is a very different feeling walking, I wonder why it feels much more lonely. Perhaps it was because I had a chat with Pat, my wife, on the phone for an hour before I started. We try to chat each day on Skype, and I’m probably missing her...
by Rob | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog, Gallery, Journey
From Roncesvalles to Viscarret Crunch, Crunch, Click, Click. Crunch, Crunch, Click, Click. That’s the only sound as I’m walking towards the next village as my boots and poles hit the gravel track, interrupted now and again by the noise of another stream...
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