Hi public holiday people. Here’s yesterday’s column. I’m not telling you what to do, but I do hope you enjoy it. x A MILLION MILES FROM NORMAL – By Paige Nick IT’S ALL DOWNHILL FROM HERE Earlier this year I literally found myself doing El Camino, a century’s-old pilgrimage from France to Spain that spans…
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So, come here often?
And so the sun turns, or is it the earth, I forget, but either way we revolve our way back around to Monday. What a fabulous blimming weekend. But now one must pay for all that fun with a bit of work. Have a great week, I hope it’s vaguely abnormal, if not a million…
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the Paige
Today was a three-shooter day! I think I might be turning into a Camino alcoholic. Left Amenal this morning for my final trek into Santiago. It came in at around 16.5km, and the last 6 almost killed me. Seriously, around km 11 I started bequeathing my things. (Grant Reingold, you were getting my car.) They…
Dead, but happy.
Camino – Day I’ve lost count. NOTE TO SELF: Dear self, Next time you want an adventure, how about we don’t take one during monsoon season, alright? Thanks, all the best, Self. Today was by far the toughest day yet. I left ummm where was I again, Arzua, that’s right, Arzua. I left at 8am,…
Less mud, more hills
Camino day two Arrived in Arzua after my second 15km walk/limp/ass drag FUN FACT: Arzua has more cows per capita than anywhere else in Galicia. Must say I enjoyed today’s walk way more than yesterday, even though there were lots more uphills, my feet were killing me (turns out blisters on my feet are my…
The road to Melide
The Camino – Day Two Finished today’s walk. 15km through mud. Am sore and tired, but feel smugly proud, but mostly just sore and tired. 15km may not sound like an awful lot to you, but look at it this way, I’m a slightly overweight writer who spends around 10 hours a day at a…
Camino day one
So, I’m here, if by here you mean absolutely in the middle of butt-fuck nowhere. Arrived at 2am in Palas do Rei, so woke up with no idea where I was or what I was supposed to do. Good thing my walk doesn’t start today, I wouldn’t know what direction to go in. Met a…
The girl in the pink shoes
So it all started some time at the end of last year. I was going to be in London for a couple of weeks and found myself with a week to spare, decided to embark on a bit of an adventure, go somewhere I’ve never been before and see stuff I’ve never seen before. Ian,…
Warning: Adult Content
Hi friends, am currently overseas, part business, part pleasure, part mid-life career change. And I had planned and hoped that while I was away things here at the blog would just be business as usual. So when I arrived in London, the first thing I did was pick up data, and then when I tried…