Bag of Hearts

Due to a necessary element of trying to find a property to purchase as my first home, which meant every spare moment trudging around property inspections, and then facing Bree’s anniversary, I hadn’t been on a hike for over six weeks. Who would have ever thought I would be agitated Continue Reading

Of which, I am not one. I am not a morning person by any stretch of the imagination, so I must have had rocks in my head to sign up for a sunrise hike. Here was my thinking, (it seemed logical at the time). I would be needing to get Continue Reading

It’s time to go. All the talking about it, shopping for it and kinda training for it is done and now it comes to the doing. To make the journey a little easier, I treated myself to Business Class. (Thanks to my lovely Ladybird Lynda for planting that seed last Continue Reading

I don’t know whether it was tiredness or fear, but when I could hear everyone getting ready at some ungodly hour and talking with excitement, I stayed hidden in my room. It was relief that when I came down, most people had left, giving me time to process where I Continue Reading

Orisson to Roncesvalles – 17.4kms Surprisingly, apart from a little overnight mishap, I slept amazingly well. At some unknown hour, I woke up needing to go to the toilet and carefully climbed down my bunk to try and avoid waking my bunk mate or anyone else in the room. That Continue Reading

Roncesvalles to Urdaniz – 26kms I was so terrified of the trek over the Pyrenees, but that was a piece of cake compared to this stretch. This day broke me. I had a rough night’s sleep with a bad tickle in my throat and despite being awake at 5:30am, I Continue Reading