The simple pleasure of friendship still brings me the purest joy. It sounds ordinary, but it feels rare now. When I was young, it happened so naturally. We’d drift outside and somehow find each other on the street. We laughed, wandered, and lingered until the day faded. There were no calendars or reminders—just being together. These days, … Read more
The benefits of walking became real to me when I stopped thinking about exercise as something that had to be big or intense. Walking felt doable. It fit into my day. Now I walk at lunchtime whenever the weather allows, and that small habit has become one of the most reliable parts of my regular … Read more
As I was walking today I came across these Ibis birds by the lake. It’s a busy photo but I do like the red tree on the right framing the image.
The Georges River in its morning best. There’s a specific stillness that only exists at the water’s edge before the rest of the world wakes up. Pure liquid gold.
Today’s walk was much better than yesterday’s as we traversed through the countryside and left Gijon and Aviles’s urban and industrial sprawl behind us. The weather was cooler as we set off, and I had my jumper on to keep myself warm. As we head out, we get a glimpse of the ocean, which isn’t … Read more
Today’s walk was from Atapuerca to Burgos. A walk we haven’t done before so it was all new for us today. A 22km walk for us with cloudy skies at the start. A much better outcome than the weather predictions we received last night from our phone weather apps. It turned into a very pleasant … Read more
Our walk today was from Villafranca to Atapuerca. About 19kms all up and mostly through a service track for a pine and oak forest. It was very cold and there was snow around from yesterday’s snow fall. Thankfully we didn’t need to walk through a snow storm or much rain but the skies were fairly … Read more
A cold start to the day’s walk this morning with snow during the night as the temperatures dropped below zero. The snow was visible on the gardens and parked cars as we walked out of Belorado this morning. Today’s walk was only a short one as we need to break up the walk into 3 … Read more
Today’s walk was challenging. Very cold with temperatures down near 0ºC with constant rain, wind and the occasional hint of snow. It was super cold walking and my hands in the useless gloves were very cold. I had to constantly keep the fingers moving to get the blood to flow. I kept the pace of … Read more
Our walk today was an easy one walking from Nájera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada. Just under 22km with one big hill to climb with the sun shining on our backs. It was a little cool though with the wind blowing as that made the day feel colder. Gloves and beanies were worn all … Read more
Today was a little diversion day. Ron last night decided that he wanted to go and look at some local monasteries just outside of Nájera, 18kms away. It is a secondary pilgrimage route that can be taken but as we only found out about them last night we decided to take a cab out to … Read more
Today’s walk was another short walk of 18kms from Navarrete to Nájera through vineyards for the most part of the day. The sun was out and it was a very pleasant day’s walk. The hotel we stayed in last night was very nice and had been renovated by the hotel owners who were very hospitable. … Read more