The Cat Cafe We're just on our way to Pamplona and stopping for coffee in Zuriain and it looks like they now have a cat cafe on the Camino. Pat is managing to unload lots of her salami to the cats here and they won't leave her alone. It's smoked up...
I think it got to about 24 today. Really quite warm. I have been carrying two hiking umbrellas and they finally got used today. Awesome! So much more comfortable. No need to wear a hat and much cooler under the umbrella. I got the short handled versions to save...
Many people will argue that the Camino is mainly a physical challenge. Others, me included, that it is more of an emotional challenge, just to keep going day after day. But I think the sad reality is.... it's really a challenge of energy in versus energy out ! Of not...
Camino Waves I've actually been surprised at the number of pilgrims on the path since we started in Saint Jean. I can understand in the beginning you journey with two or three hundred stowing off from Saint Jean per day, and so you'll be in a fairly large group...
It's funny how things work out. Yesterday Pat was really struggling with her plantar fasciitis, which meant that we had to get a taxi for the last five kilometers into Frómista. Last night we discussed our various options, as it was starting to look like our Camino...
We're on the section from Astorga to Rabanal, and I'm still amazed at the number of pilgrims walking. The whole of the Camino, seems like the final hundred into Santiago from Sarria that I experienced for the first time 3 years ago. I'm beginning to wonder if...
One thought has been occupying my mind for the last hour or so, as we walk the final kilometer down into El Acebo. And it's a thought that occupies my mind a lot, when I'm walking on the Camino. And it's how to maintain the feeling that you have whilst walking,...
It was during the walk from Villafranca del Bierzo to Vega. It was a relatively short day for most people but 18 kilometers for us, is within our comfort zone. It was hard again because it was all road, and so the foot injuries needed a bit of Ibuprofen along the way....
We were excited to get going this morning from Triacastela, as once we reach Sarria we'll be on the final leg. I have been concerned about Pat finishing with the injuries she is carrying, but she has shown some true grit these last few days. We were about 6 or...
We are almost at the 100 kilometer marker, if indeed there is one anymore. We just passed one with a 100.7 kilometers. This will be the third time that I've passed this 100 kilometer marker, and it stirs up a number of emotions. What has this journey been about? What...
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