- Even if a toe LOOKS dead, it probably isn´t and it would hurt more to cut it off - The difference between wheat and barley - It is possible to sleep quite comfortably on a garage floor (when you liberate some garden furniture cushions from the flashy terrace upstairs) - Snoring echos MUCH louder in a church - You shouldn´t just randomly pick a country to come from because the next person you meet will ACTUALLY be from there (Finland, Iceland, Lichtenstein) - How to speak with a much better french accent (in English of course) - Its OK to [View Full Entry]

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I kinda promise this will be a quick entry (well as much as I can write in 14 minutes) Arrived in St Jean Pied-de-Port along with about 150 other pilgrims who all swarmed the pilgrim office, although everyone got beds! They stamp your credential (like a passport) along the way to prove that you have been walking the entire time. Then in Santiago they give you a Compostela which, if you´re Catholic, I think means that you get all of your sins forgiven. I met 3 Camino dudes (also walking), Hans (German, 67)- who had just handed over the reins of [View Full Entry]

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VERY quick update to say a proper hello, and tell you where I'm going to be for the next month! Following 3 leaving parties in as many days, and an amazing London send-off, its hard to believe that I'm actually flying out. Tomorrow afternoon, I'm flying to Bordeaux - then getting the train to Bayonne and then on to St John Pied de Port (which literally means St John at the foot of the mountain pass). I start my 30ish day walk on the Camino de Santiago (Camino Frances) by heading up that mountain pass (1200m climb on the first day) [View Full Entry]

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.....last day at work.... First blog post to prove that I'm actually writing a blog! (stupid blogs) Check back in a couple of days - everything is manic at the moment!!! Next stop...SPAIN! [View Full Entry]

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