What to pack for an 800 km hike?…..reading all the advice is, well – not much, but as I spread all my crap out on the bed, even without the laptop, there is still a lot of stuff – first the weather is going to be all over the place – brutally hot with cold nights, frequent rain – heavy rain and big winds. Here in Madrid it is smoking hot – loving that – over 30 degrees, and then the heavens unload out of a blue sky and it...

A new 'hours in the air in one trip' record……jeez I didn’t think it was possible but…in my quest for cheap flights I just finished a new one day record for me. Had a little sleep and another really long day today – first day in Madrid but want to make a few notes on yesterday just in case I think about booking this route again. So, started the very long day earlier than necessary. I had decided to take the really slow 50 cen...