Showing posts with label Blisters. Show all posts
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30 November 2015

Time for a break

We weren't going to walk today but pushed ourselves as far as the wine fountain. 
Here we are as captured via the webcam:

And here's a photo taken by a fellow pilgrim. 

In case you are wondering, the wine is not good!

We then started walking to the next town but I was really struggling, Penny is also having some difficulties with her knee. So we decided to turn back to the bus station about 1km behind us. 

The timetable suggested a fifty minute delay so we waited in the freezing cold until the bus didn't arrive. It turns out that you need to phone to get them to pick up from there on that run. The next bus was 3&1/2 hours later. At that stage we caught a taxi to Los Arcos where we are still waiting for a bus but in a nice warm bar. 

A nice tochino & quesa bocadillo (bacon & cheese sandwich) and a hot chocolate, loosen the boot laces and I'm starting to feel human again. 

Penny looks happier too!

Anyway, for today after a 5 km walk we are finished. 

We will catch bus to Logroño where we stay for two nights and resume walking on Wednesday.  This will put us back on schedule as far as the guidebook is concerned. 

06 November 2015

I Can't Believe It!

In two weeks time I'll be boarding a QANTAS jet to Europe to start the Camino again.

This time my daughter Penny will be joining me on the pilgrimage and we will be raising money
Penny (on the right) and her friend Janey Kennedy
at the Girl Rising event in Geelong last year.
once again as a Way to Help the victims of sex trafficking in India.

I hope you will be able to find it in your hearts and your wallets to support this very worthy cause.


So, I'm two years older but no smarter, very little prep done but maybe a fraction more than last time!

We will be starting from St Jean Pied-de-Port once again on the French side of the border and hope to finish the walk around Christmas day.  Penny's only stipulation is that we have to beat the time set last year!  Oh my aching feet!!

For more information about the walk go to our website http://www.waytohelp.net/