Santiago – Final Day What a luxury it was to be able to sleep in and not have anywhere to be. To just lie in bed and laze the morning away. How strange it is though, to no longer need to pull on the boots, lace them up and start Continue Reading
Karen P
A Lesson in Believing the Right Choice Will Come Along
I spent four days in hospital after giving birth, relatively alone and terrified. The first night I was left alone with this tiny baby, it was dark and I was sobbing because I couldn’t remember how to wrap a nappy and everytime I picked her up, the bit of cloth Continue Reading
The Camino Journey – 12mths On
My plan all week was to write a post tonight to commemorate 12mths today since I took my first steps on the Camino, to reflect on my journey since finishing this amazing pilgrimage in honour of Bree. Yet here I have sat for the last 5mins, trying to contemplate how Continue Reading
Sometimes You Have to Go Backwards to Move Forward
Shelley Beach to Apollo Bay – 8kms After what feels like not enough planning, suddenly today, I took my first steps on the Great Ocean Walk. The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of work, events and sorting to hopefully have everything I need to walk (and more importantly, Continue Reading
Finding My Peace
Shelley Beach to Blanket Bay – 14kms Bree’s Anniversary This day marks the day I lost Bree forever, yet I struggle with it far less than her birthday. I often wonder if it is because I always have a plan around how to spend the day and it usually involves Continue Reading
A Bagful of Everything
Blanket Bay to Aire River – 21kms With 21kms stretching out in front of us, the plan was to get up at 6:30am and be gone by 8am at the latest. You know what they say about best laid plans… Out of sheer exhaustion from the roar of the ocean Continue Reading