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Post Camino Blues
We’re home and it’s hot hot hot in SW France. We’ve been mooching; catching up with work and emails and odd jobs and spent a fair amount of time just chillin’ in the garden with the cats.

Blame Rick
Day 9 : Fuente De Day 10 : San Vicente de la Barquera Nobody said it was easyIt’s such a shame for us to partNobody said it was easyNo one ever said it would be this hardOh, take me back to the start

The Front of the Back
Day 8 : Portilla de la Reina to Fuente De Day 9 : Fuente Dé towards Portilla de la Reina and back A few years ago I attended a Professional Singers Retreat in Marbella and it was an amazing experience, learning alongside 14 hugely talented people. At the end of the course we were asked … Continue reading The Front of the Back

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Day 7 : Riano & The Embalse Day 9 : Fuente Dé towards Portilla Day 8 : Portilla de la Reina enroute to Fuente De and back We’re going on a bear hunt.We’re going to catch a big one.What a beautiful day!We’re not scared.We can’t go over it.We can’t go under it.Oh no!We’ve got to … Continue reading We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Going Forward
Day 6 : Santo Toribio de Liébana Day 8 : Portilla de la Reina to Fuente De Day 7 : Riano & The Embalse Last night we decided that we should plan our last few days here in Spain. The Lebaniego Camino has ended and in it’s place we have the Camino Vadiniense. With the … Continue reading Going Forward

A Change of Colour
Day 5 : Where Vultures Dare Day 7 : Riano & The Embalse Day 6 : Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana I felt so much better after a good sleep yesterday the afternoon. Gerry reckons that I had a touch of heat stroke from the previous day in the sun. He googled it as … Continue reading A Change of Colour

Where Vultures Dare
Day 4: Swallows & Amazon Day 6 : Santo Toribio de Liébana Day 5 : Lebana to Cabanes and back again Honestly, I have to say that I was mighty pleased to get back our our mountain home yesterday. Gosh it had been a hot walk back to the car; I felt a little out … Continue reading Where Vultures Dare

Swallows and Amazon
Day 3 : Magpies & Meadows Day 5 : Where Vultures Dare Day 4 : Lafuenta to Mirador de Santa Catrina and back again I woke this morning with a song bouncing around in my head. I’d heard it a few weeks ago; It was the theme tune to a TV series about Sunderland Football … Continue reading Swallows and Amazon

Magpies and Meadows
Day 2 : The Bus Stop Day 4 : Swallows & Amazon Day 3 : Cades to LaFuente and back again! You know some days you wake up and nothing feels quite right? Your morning tea doesn’t taste as it should, the shower is a bit too cold, the heating too warm, the toaster doesn’t … Continue reading Magpies and Meadows

The Bus Stop
Day 1 : Camino Lebaniego Day 3 : Magpies & Meadows Day 2 : Barrio Basieda to San Vicente de la Barquera to somewhere after Serdio… and back again Like all good pilgrims we set our alarm for an early start. We had breakfast at 7:00am and made ready for the day. There is a … Continue reading The Bus Stop

Camino Lebaniego
Day 2: The Bus Stop Day 1 : Bordeaux-ish (France) to Potes-ish (Spain) How are you? How has life been for you during these difficult, difficult days? I am well. My loved ones are well and thankfully our life in South West France has changed very little over recent months. Of course we were restricted … Continue reading Camino Lebaniego