Thinking about Spain

In just over six weeks I leave for Spain. Although I decided to walk the Camino back in July and had the arrangements made and paid for within a few months, it's only now becoming real.

I've thought about it on and off through the summer, planned what to take and what to wear, bought shoes, a pack and other equipment, but it was only after I walked the Heaphy Track that the reality of walking day after day for several hours began to impress itself on me.

 Last day on the Heaphy

Now I've started reading books about the Camino and to make notes in the large diary I've bought myself.

Yesterday I trialled using poles in a walk around the Tantragee Saddle loop - a 12km walk from home. I'd thought that I didn't want poles, but I'd give them a chance, convinced that I'd decide they were a nuisance. They weren't - I quite liked them.

I don't know how I will react to about seven weeks of travelling alone. I want to clear my brain - to see clearly how to live my life. Do I want to write about it? History says I will - it's always been my habit to write about my experiences.

So this blog is an investigation of a possible means of writing.

I'll see how it goes.