Happy New Year to all my friends and students, past and present. Here I go again, another big project.
Alisdair and I are planning to walk the Camino de Santiago de Campostela in late March/early April, coronavirus permitting. Pilgrims have been converging on the city for hundreds of years to pay homage to Santiago (aka St James). There is a choice of routes in and we have chosen what's known as 'the English way'. It's the shortest route but is still some 120 km from start to finish. We plan on walking 17.4 km, 13.3 km, 20.2, REST day, 27.8, 24.0, and 16.7, ending up triumphantly (?) entering Santiago de Campostela on Friday 2nd April, my 70th birthday. This year 2nd April also happens to be Good Friday.
A project of this magnitude needs a goodly amount of preparation, including training the legs to walk a longish distance on consecutive days. So, 6 miles today and another 6 planned for tomorrow. Building up through January and February and tapering off during March.
 the sun was shining but it was cold and slippery
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I plan to come, cap in hand, and ask every Tom, Dick and Harry, if they would consider sponsoring us for a penny or two in order to give us some extra motivation. But I have to confess the Just Giving page is not ready yet. Best to wait a few weeks just to make sure that COVID-19 is on the way out! Always the optimist!
Nancy Sinatra then with "these boots are made for walking"
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