The count down to the next chapter begins.

I have not written a blog for a few weeks, so I thought I would let you know that we have booked part 2 of our Camino Frances journey and we fly out on 22nd October.  On this Camino trip we are going for 11 days, so we play to reach Burgos and perhaps beyond.…

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What would I do differently on my next Camino trip?

This is my first blog since I have returned from my first Camino.  We only walked for 6 days and walked over 90 miles, but we are already planning trip number two! Now that I have experienced my first part of the Camino, what did I learn?  Did I take anything that I never used?…

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Finding my "Why" for the Camino

For me, The Camino is not a holiday, it feels more like a “calling”. I can’t really explain it but it just feels like something I have to do. More than 200,000 people walk this pilgrim trail every year. When we collect our pilgrim passport at St Jean Pied de Port in France, we are…

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Camino Etiquette – The Unwritten Rules!

Panic set in as I received the weekly forum roundup email from Ivar on the Camino forum. One of the topics was about an angry Albergue Warden who threw someone’s pack on the floor and shouted, “leave, leave”. It was 7.30am, and all pilgrims needed to leave by 8am, so she was “shooing” people out…

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You Know You Are Going On You First Camino When…

As you may be aware, we are off to walk the first part of the Camino Frances in less than 30 days and I am now starting to think “what’s going to happen when we get back?”.  Camino life has consumed me for the last three months since we decided that we were going to…

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Training 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…

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Training 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…

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