Kate this cover shot of the bulrushes is for you. Remember the trip of 1975. Kug and Harry your folks Rae and Tom King Mt maunganui. What a trip. Day nine. Azofra to Redicio de Camino. My planner says 26km my pedometer says 29.8km. My body says too much. 552kms to go Today I was walking well. Wanted to get to Granon because of something I had read. Not able to remember what. Got to Santa Dominga and was tempted to stay in the Cistercian albergue very classy ...

Day 8 Azofra. 16km 132 completed 580 to go. Great day. Walked totally on my own greeted many as they passed. Stopped and talked to a Spanish man walking back the trail carrying s golf club about a six iron. Why? More than I can say. Snakes toads dogs. Too cool for a walking stick. He keen to know why I was in Spain and how I had heard about it and would I take good reports back to NZ. I truth Spain is a bit of a surprise. I expected to see many older women dre...

Friday 29th May 2015. Day 7 116.13km completed. Great sleep. Shared a room with Beatrix (Netherlands) Barbara (California) Inga (Germany). We had a bathroom all to ourselves. Barbara kindly took me sock shopping and later Inga and I went out for a drink. Today I left late having paid 15 E for lost keys. Sorry Marie the tag on your bag broke. The keys may even have been posted to Barcelona. Not likely. I left late then had breakfast near the albergue and the...

Walking again today with Emily from Stockholm. An engineer talked about solar power ,'electric cars and wether religion is motivating. My toes are a bit blistered and it is .5 km to the sport shop and no guarantee they have woollen socks. I sent stuff I have not been wearing on to Barcelona not so much for the weight but because I am weary of packing and unpacking it. Sitting in a bar restaurants and have order some paella and something starting with b. no id...

Day 5 Los Arcos to Viana. 19 kms Total completed 85.18 Some steep hills in this section. In Los Arcos last night I took a photo of gates which will be used for the running of the bulls. It seems this happens in many of the villages. Rarely are farm animals to be seen. A few goats but grain country and on the harder land grapes and olives. This early this morning I woke with only one ear plug in. I switched it to the exposed ear and went back to sleep. When I...