It's a go...committed...booked...deposit made...

I can say with so much joy in my heart that I have made my reservations for the Camino. I booked through Macs Adventures in the UK. "

My Camino:
"Full Walk - St. Jean to Santiago (41 Days and 40 Nights) booking confirmed."

Beautiful Words!

I will arrive in St. Jean Pied de Port, France on May 15th, 2015 -- I will spend the remainder of that day and the next to settle down and explore St. Jean before starting my walk on Sunday, May 17th.

My "journey" will look like the following:

St Jean Pied de Port / Santiago de Compostela - 790km in total.

15 May DAY 1:    Arrive St Jen Pied de Port  16 May DAY 2:    Extra night St Jean Pied de Port 17 May DAY 3:    Walk to Roncesvalles - 23km 18 May DAY 4:    Walk to Akerreta - 27km 19 May DAY 5:    Walk to Pamplona - 15km 20 May DAY 6:    Walk to Puente la Reina - 22km 21 May DAY 7:    Walk to Estella - 20km 22 May DAY 8:    Walk to Los Arcos - 20km 23 May DAY 9:    Walk to Logrono - 27km 24 May DAY 10:  Walk to Najera - 27km 25 May DAY 11:  Walk to Santo Domingo - 21km 26 May DAY 12:  Walk to Belorado - 22km 27 May DAY 13:  Walk to Atapuerca - 29km 28 May DAY 14:  Walk to Burgos - 20km 29 May DAY 15:  Extra Night in Burgos 30 May DAY 16:  Walk to Hornillos and transfer back to Burgos - 20km 31 May DAY 17:  09:00 Transfer to Hornillos and walk to Castrojeriz - 18km 01 Jun   DAY 18: Walk to Fromista - 27km 02 Jun   DAY 19: Walk to Carron de los Condes - 19km 03 Jun   DAY 20: Walk to Calzadilla de la Cueza - 16km 04 Jun   DAY 21: Walk to Sahagun - 22km 05 Jun   DAY 22: Walk to El Burgo Ranero - 18km 06 Jun   DAY 23: Walk to Mansilla de las Mulas - 19km 07 Jun   DAY 24: Walk to Leon - 17 km 08 Jun   DAY 25: Extra Night in Leon 09 Jun   DAY 26: Walk to Villadangos del Paramo - 21km 10 Jun   DAY 27: Walk to Astorga - 26km 11 Jun   DAY 28: Walk to Rabanal del Camino - 19km - no link 12 Jun   DAY 29: Walk to Molinaseca - 24km 13 Jun   DAY 30: Walk to Villafranca del Bierzo - 30km 14 Jun   DAY 31: Walk to Herrerias de Valcarce - 22km - no link 15 Jun   DAY 32: Walk to O’Cebreiro - 9km 16 Jun   DAY 33: Walk to Triacastela - 22km 17 Jun   DAY 34: Walk to Sarria - 18km 18 Jun   DAY 35: Walk to Portomarin - 24km 19 Jun   DAY 36: Walk to Palas de Rei - 24km 20 Jun   DAY 37: Walk to Arzua - 28km 21 Jun   DAY 38: Walk to Rua - 19km 22 Jun   DAY 39: Walk to Santiago de Compostela and overnight - 18km: 23 Jun   DAY 40: Extra Night in Santiago "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MOI" 24 Jun   DAY 41: Onward Travel Buen Camino... Till Soon! Till Soon!

Quick update!

Last post was August 27th...

I have not posted for a couple of reasons:

It is to be a blog about my preparation, regardless how small, toward my Camino! And so, since the last post, there has been very little to no preparation [by preparation I mean walking, hiking, etc]. On beautiful days I chose to ride instead of walk and by mid September, I broke my big toe :(

It was recommended that I did not walk much for at least 6-8 weeks - I reluctantly complied. November 14th was my first attempt at getting back on track [sort of] by walking 10km or two hours and during a little snow squall. I repeated the walk a couple of times including this past Sunday and I believe that I am now completely mended as there was no pain to the said toe.

The video above - walking in falling snow! Here I chose to video the falling snow in SlowMow - if you can, listen carefully and it seems like the snow flakes are talking...pretty cool. Wonder what they are trying to tell me haha

Till soon!