The Longs, James & his dad, Grant, are walking 800km across Spain on the Camino De Santiago. The Long Camino!
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- Mawson Trail 2014For years I’d been a MAMIL – middle aged man in lycra – racing around the streets of Newcastle on a light racing bike, sipping espressos in cool cafes and…More
- What is that Photo?At the homepage of this blog there is a photograph. It is a solitary figure standing on a hill, a single star still visible above him. I’m sure you’ve all…More
- Hamez & Grant join DanA few weeks ago James (aka Hamez) and I were invited onto Dan Mullins’ My Camino the Podcast. Before replying, I asked Hamez. “Sure,” he said. We all agreed upon…More
- Wherefore Art Thou, Pilgrim?Two screens blink and ping on the desk in front of me. A meeting has started, do I want to join? I login and a group of faces stare at…More
- Boring Sh*t – Technical StuffFirstly, this blog was written each night on my iPhone as I lay in bed in albergue. So I apologise for the many spelling and grammatical errors. But hey, it…More
- A Gift Bestowed – May 2022Why walk the Camino? It’s a good question and one that was asked many times as James and I walked across Spain. For the many pilgrims we met along the…More
- Madrid Peregrinó – 8 – 12 May 2022James and I arrived in Madrid on a hot May evening. Our hotel, Praga, was just south of the Rio Manzanares. For miles in either direction, the banks of the…More
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- Our Second Last Post? 7 May 2022Thursday was such a big day for us, not only in terms of the amount of walking, but also emotionally. It was the culmination of a lot of dreaming, a…More
- Santiago de Compostela – 5 May 2022A piper played a crazy, frenetic song as we made our way under the arch and into the cathedral square. There, after 800km and 33 days, was Santiago’s Cathedral. James…More
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The Long Camino 