It feels as though I was just writing my November recap post, and here I am again, at the end of another month, another year. At the time of writing, New Year's Eve is tomorrow, and it's going to be a quiet one. Fitting, of course, to have a quiet ...
Recent Blog Posts

November Recap: Ringing bells and blazing sunsets and writing the book!
By Nadine 2 Comments
I've spent a lot of time in the past 8 months thinking about windows (though maybe not in the most traditional sense). Rather, I've been thinking about windows of time and how to ride the waves of this pandemic. I was so fixated on this in the ...

COVID Road-Tripping: what it was like to travel in the US during a pandemic
By Nadine 2 Comments
I was reading a post recently from a very successful travel blogger. I've never followed his blog but he gets mentioned a lot in the travel blogging industry, and I occasionally read a post or two of interest. Something led me to his site- I can't ...

October Recap: Waterfalls and Scary Movies and Casting a Vote
By Nadine 4 Comments
There's ragu simmering on the stovetop and I'm back to my regular spot at the kitchen table, beer in hand, the place where I sit to think and to write in the fall and winter months. Sometimes I think that I get my best writing done when the weather ...
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Trail Guides

Camino Aragonés Guide: Essential Info to help plan your walk
I can't remember when I first heard of the Camino Aragonés, or when it became a walk that I added to my "list", or even when it moved to priority status. I just know that at some point, somewhere, I must have read more about it and thought, "Huh. Sounds like a pretty good Camino." I've ...

Planning a Walk on Hadrian’s Wall Path
One of my intentions with this blog is to begin to provide more useful content for others who are planning their own long-distance walking adventures, and so in this spirit, I'm going to be writing up a few short guides to some of the walks that I've done. And first up: how to plan for a walk on ...

In the Footsteps of Pilgrims; an Overview of the Camino de San Salvador
Quien va a Santiago y no a San Salvador, sirve al criado y deja al Senor. He who goes to Santiago and not to San Salvador, honors the servant and forsakes the Lord. I saw these words painted onto the wall of the albergue in La Robla. It was the end of my first day walking the Camino de San ...
Trail Journals

I’m on my way (I don’t know where I’m going); Day One, St Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles

“Like a Rolling Stone”; Day One on the Camino del Norte, Irun to San Sebastián, 27.6 km

A Whole New Camino; Day 20 on the Camino (Day 1 on the Primitivo), Oviedo to San Juan Villapanada

Solitude and Cheap Red Wine; Day One on the Camino de San Salvador (Leon to La Robla; 27 km)

The Next Adventure: 5-days on the West Highland Way

5-days, 84-miles, Millions of Stones: A Walk along Hadrian’s Wall

Is it just me or is this ‘easy’ section actually quite difficult? Day 1 on the Chemin Le Puy, Le Puy en Velay to Combriaux, 25.5km
