The responses above sadden me beyond, well beyond, my ability to respond to what they have written ...
Have modern humans gone so far in lack of humility and awareness of other? Is the modern world so lost and ego-centric that people can go on...
It’s now been almost 3 months since I completed my Camino Frances, and I’m still processing the experience (I suspect that will go on for a long time). A few things have been bubbling up that I think are worthy of sharing:
The Camino is like a...
Being of an age where luggage becomes mysteriously heavier with each passing year, I’ve realised what I’ve learned about packing light for Camino is relevant for all kinds of travel. Gleaned from many contributors to whom thanks, as well as my...
My bike stand snapped a few days into my second bike tour. I tried to do without it, but within less than a week, I was getting a sturdier version fitted to my bike in a great little LBS I stumbled across on the way out of Chatellerault, on the...
Having just completed (well, two weeks ago) my Camino from Sevilla, there are a couple of thing I wish I’d had.
1) A better memory. With it, I may not have lost/left behind, a pair of reading glasses, a pair of sunglasses, a pair of cycling...
We are using our own manual, blood, sweat and tears bikes, so no charging required. Taking them all the way from home in Lymington, Hampshire.
Thanks for the advice. We are currently doing a run through, using Gronze, of places we are likely to...
I posted above about my all time worst moment, (and ultimate salvation) when confronted by that awful climb El Calvario on the VDLP, two days into my first ever camino. I remembered posting a description of that day a long time ago, and looked...
I want to see & appreciate as much as possible, that's why I'm taking longer perhaps averaging 50kms per day. Starting early & arriving early. I'm 66yrs.. from Ireland..great with distance but not with speed
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