January 26, 2023Camino Stories | Days 26-29 (Retrospective)I reached Santiago de Compostella, but even now as I journal from the comfort of my home far away from Galicia it feels as though the journey of a thousand kilometres is not done. It's never done - it never ends. Every step that brought me closer to Santiago was simultaneously finishing a journ...Read more#caminodesantiago#retrospective
December 2, 2022Camino Stories | Day 25 (Retrospective)My eagerness to take advantage of the good weather and walk over 50KM caught up with my knee. The journey to Ourense was a lesson in patience.Not only did the rain return teasing between shower spells and light torrents, but my pace was dictated by my left knee; forging ahead when possible and trott...Read more#caminodesantiago#retrospective
December 1, 2022Camino Stories | Day 24 (Retrospective)The next day's trek from A Gudiña would have ended at Laza, but I decided on the day to continue to Vilar de Barrio.It was a long walk; the longest of my Camino to Santiago.I developed a sort of strategy over time; if I started walking early at sunrise and got to the day's destination arou...Read more#caminodesantiago#retrospective
November 29, 2022Camino Stories | Day 23 (Retrospective)N.B: The Camino has ended. I got to Santiago and have now returned to Barcelona. But I left this journal of notes and thoughts incomplete. Here is the first of many retrospectives to close the loop.Day 23 took me from Lubián to A Gudiña and was by far the most difficult trek of the Camino. The non-s...Read more#caminodesantiago#retrospective
October 30, 2022Camino Thoughts | Day 22(36 hours ago back in) Lubián.The walk to Lubián was another case of a wet and weary walk, no? Yes indeed, but it stayed light and drizzly for the most part until we were 1KM from the Albergue.Yes. We are becoming Aquamen Peregrinos the way we march through the rain. And soon we'll be Eskimo Ca...Read more#caminodesantiago
October 29, 2022Camino Thoughts | 21Hello! It's been 2 days already; how are you keeping up with the wet walks and sleepy eyes? Hi! Well the weather has been more suitable for food and rest than walking and writing.That's your excuse? You know the weather is always good for writing, especially after a hot meal before bed. Pl...Read more#caminodesantiago
October 28, 2022Camino Thoughts | Day 20.5(Before I left) Vilar de Farfón.Hello Genius. Hi - we should both be sleeping.I know, but thought I better get started experimenting with this new writing form. Fair enough; I'm happy to participate openly in your web-versations. Yesterday's walk was tiring; I thought I felt Polarity pulli...Read more#caminodesantiago
October 25, 2022Camino Notes | 18.5(Yesterday in) Granja de Moreruela.After days of temperamental weather, rude rains and wicked winds, the walk from Zamora to Granja de Moreruela went smooth under calm conditions. The Sun remained shy behind the grey clouds that surfed the sky, but it popped out briefly to shine on the Camino path b...Read more#caminodesantiago
October 24, 2022Camino Notes | Day 17.5(Yesterday in) Zamora.It was a windy walk from El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino, and while I thanked my lucky clouds for not raining down with glee, the wind blew with all its Sunday strength to enthusiastically usher in the new week with 80KM howls and bursts. I was doing the walking, but the wind was...Read more#caminodesantiago