We are getting very close now to departure date, starting to get very excited and pumped. Inspired to maybe get a tattoo after completing the Camino, thinking it will be the scallop shell, not sure where, could be a foot, seeing they will be doing all the hard work. Any one got any suggestions.....? Chatting to people on the Camino forum, seems to be a few Aussies staring about the same time as us, who are we going to met? Am sure we will be making lots of fri...

Our credentials arrived this week, thanks Ian from the Peterborough Pilgrims Confraternity in England. The credentials are our passport that we will have stamped at each of the refugios that we stay in. When we reach Santiago we hand in the credentials to obtain The Compostela. Also along with our credentials most pilgrims will carry a scallop shell. Originally the scallop shell was given to Pilgrims upon reaching SantiagoFinisterre as the shells were abundant ...

The Way is a inspirational and powerful story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever changing and complicated world. A great movie and well worth watching and it's the same path we will be following. Now it's time to get things together and pack organized. Have splashed out and brought a new 38 liter deuter pack, very happy with that. Ideally we need to keep the pack 10% of your body weight, unlikely I will get it to 6kg, tryi...

Hola...... Have been bushing up on my Spanish, a little bit of practicing as we walked today. It's important visiting another country to know some of the phases. We am getting ready to walk a pilgrimage that is over a thousand years old and is walked by over 100,000 pilgrims every year. I’ve been getting lots of questions about what the pilgrimage is and what it’s all about so I’m going to try and answer them all right here, front and center. FAQ SECTIO...

Happy Easter to any one reading this, what a beautiful 4 day weekend we have here. Perfect for another long distance walk this morning, had to go it alone as Gael down in Northcliff with the family, so stayed locally and walked along the coast from Long Point too Churchill Park about 21 km's. Took my breakie with me and stopped along the way, met up with Cookie, Steph and Ian....Feet not so bad today, really loosened off the laces, still feels as if a nerve is pi...