I climbed Mount Doom, but kept the ring
Back to Auckland and then on a train (with a chatty conductor who gave a running commentary the entire five hours on what we could see through the window – […]
Tag Archives: walking
Why I can’t walk in snow
When you’re a northern girl in a southern city and the weather turns cold, you are expected to lead the way in a) general hardiness and b) ability to cope […]
Dead trees and Louis Theroux
It’s been a while since I’ve walked in to work but today I made a special effort and was rewarded with two sights to behold: dead trees in Trafalgar Square […]
24: Teo – Santiago
‘I just can’t give up now, Come too far from where I’ve started from. Nobody told me The road would be easy But I don’t believe you’ve brought me this […]
28: Tui – Redondela
When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would […]
30: Ponte de Lima – Rubiaes
I’m living on the mountain, underneath a cloudless sky, I’m drinking from the fountain that never shall run dry, O yes! I’m feasting on the manna from a bountiful supply […]
31: Barcelos – Ponte de Lima
‘When you travel, you experience in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. You confront new situations, the day passes more slowly, and on most journeys you don’t even […]
32: Rates – Barcelos
We got up at six to steal a march on the day. The sun was rising, and so was a group of vocal Irish walkers from Galway, who woke the […]
33: Porto – Vilarinho – Rates
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages, And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes, To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes; Prologue, Canterbury Tales It was a bit of a […]
55: lavender
Lavender’s blue, dilly dilly, lavender’s green, When I am king, dilly, dilly, you shall be queen. Who told you so, dilly, dilly, who told you so?‘ Twas my own heart, […]
