We thought we were done…
With the weather being so bad yesterday, we heard subsequently that we walked through Storm Miguel, we had one final walk to complete, the 4km from the village of Finisterre out to the Cape Lighthouse and mile marker 0.00. After a hearty breakfast we set out to the Cape with the plan to celebrate our […]
The End of the World, Almost!
In our walk today I was reminded of the first time I took my German in-laws to the West of Ireland. The conversation went something along the lines of…” now if the clouds and rain would lift there are beautiful mountains over to our right’, and ‘we could stop to take photos of the lovely […]
Don’t Believe Everything You Read
Don’t believe everything you read, in this case the weather forecast. Today we planned a shorter trek from Santa Marina to Ponte Oliveira, a hilly 12km and the forecast was to be dreadful, overcast with torrential rain for part of the morning. We timed our departure to try and avoid the worst of the weather […]
Early Morning Musings
I walk while our leafy suburb, for the most part, sleeps. I just hear the sound of my footfall on the path, the gentle patter of the rain on the tree leafs overhead and birdsong. You may wonder what I am doing out pounding the pavements at ridiculous o’clock, but as usual there is a […]
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