The Santiago Trail has been offering us many synchronistic events to assist us on our camino. Today we walked from Viana, through the city of Logrono and on to Navarette. A long day of walking especially when we had to walk all the way through a city, which can be energetically draining. I made the most of being in the city and bought some new footware, a pair of North Face gortex hiking shoes with Vibram soles. Now I mean’t…
Walking The Santiago Trail gets better and better each and every day. Well that’s a good affirmation to say while walking anyway! Today we walked from Los Arcos to Viana and it was a beautiful trek. We felt really strong today and my blisters on my feet are becoming more manageable, even though I have a few more small ones around my toes from my feet sweating in my cheap boots. In saying that my cheap boots still win over…
On The Camino De Santiago De Compostela Today we walked from Puente La Reina to Ayegi. It was the most physically demanding day I have personally had on the camino so far. There were quite a few steep hills to walk up and for the final few kilometre which was all up hill, I carried Indigo as well as my monstrous backpack, which was 40kg in all. When I finally unloaded the weight at the albergue in Ayegi, I was…
More life lessons on the Camino De Santiago De Compostela. Walking from Pamplona to Puente La Reina, is a very interesting and memorable walk. It is a special part of the camino, although can one part be any more special than another, that is one to ponder. This leg of The Camino Frances is a prominent chapter in Paulo Coelho’s book, The Pilgrimage, and if you haven’t read it, it is worth a read. Victoria received a lesson in attachment,…
It was a dark rainy, wintery morning. No seriously it was pissing it down and we were about to set off on the second day of a 900km trek from St. Jean Pied De port in the French Pyrenees to Finisterre on the West coast of Northern Spain. Sounds like a cool enough adventure to do for a guy, or even a guy and his girl, but for a guy, his post natal hormonal girlfriend and their 6 month old…