I had a lot of worries before my first Camino. They mostly centered around the physical nature of the journey: would I be able to walk all the way to Santiago? Would I develop crippling blisters and have to stop walking? Would I fall and hurt myself? ...
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If I Had Three Days in Paris…
I woke up this morning missing Paris. Maybe it's the weather; it was cold this morning, almost unseasonably so, and sometimes when there are sharp changes in the weather my memories of past events flood in so strongly. The first time I was in Paris ...
The Beginning of Something (a new season)
Summer is winding down, ending, already over. How? Is it stranger this year because of COVID, and the feeling like we might still be at the end of winter, early March, and that these last 6 months have all been some sort of a dream? It feels that ...
Dreaming of Walking Again
This was going to be a big walking year. Well, I suppose you could consider every year since 2014 a big walking year for me, since I always planned at least one long-distance hike/walk. But this year? This year was going to be good. Last ...
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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 ...
