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What Have I Bought for the Camino This Month?
I have not written a blog on my latest purchases for a while, so I thought I would give you an update. It has become a little bit of an obsession to find the lightest sleeping bags and the easiest way to transport trekking poles on an airplane, but I think I have found the…
Read MoreTraining For Camino Frances – 6 Weeks to Go!
I was determined to stick to my target this week and the work week hustle on Fitbit certainly kept me motivated. The highlight of the week was achieving a 12-mile walk with relative ease, including some steep hills. We also had the opportunity to ask Jane lots more questions about the Camino and we heard…
Read MoreTraining For Camino Frances – 7 Weeks to Go!
I failed dismally this week with my training schedule. I am so proud of Julie who has kept at it and has easily achieved her step / mile goal this week, but I was the complete opposite. It got to Wednesday and I started to convince myself that it was ok to have an easy…
Read MoreSafety First on the Camino Frances
I must admit, I have never been the sort of person who has ever been ultra safety conscious. Although my father was a policeman for 20+ years, we grew up with the attitude “if a burglar is going to break in, he will do it anyway”. In hindsight, that is probably not the best attitude…
Read MoreTraining For Camino Frances – 8 Weeks to Go!
It’s still Easter week and I am juggling work, child care and walking, but it’s great. Rachel is at the age (13) where she is not quite ready to be left on her own all day, and she still enjoys spending time with her grandparents, so all is good in the world. This week, I…
Read MoreYippee! I Have My Scallop Shell for the Camino, Thanks to My Mum!
I was absolutely over the moon as last weekend my mum came over for Sunday dinner and gave Rachel and I a small package to open. Inside the package was our Camino scallop shell’s, with the stamp of St James, and beautiful red ribbon so that we can secure them to our rucksacks. I now feel…
Read MoreTraining For Camino Frances – 9 weeks to go!
I think we are at the point where other people are probably getting a bit fed up with us talking about the Camino now! We now have a route planned and some goals set for things that we want to achieve along the way. In my blog next week I will show the route…
Read MoreTop Six Backpacking Tips For Walking The Camino
I take my hat off to the people at Cotswold Outdoors as the lady spent about 45 minutes with us a few weekends ago giving us lots of tips about backpacking. She was leaving her job in two weeks time to go traveling with her boyfriend and she was full of enthusiasm for a novice…
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