Time to climb the nearest mountain

I should have done this walk a long time ago. I have lived here for a decade and drive around this mountain practically every day.  Several people have told me I need to do some hill walks to get ready for the Camino. I also got my new camera today, pocket size with a 20x zoom and wifi for transferring shots to share online. So when our internet connection stopped working I decided to leave the gear research for today and get out for a walk while it's not raining. I did about half the distance I will need to do each day once I start, though it won't be as hilly as Blackwall Mountain. Great views from the top and incredible bush setting in the middle of suburbia. 

The Camino can start where you are.. and my legs are tired. They are not ready for this yet.

Follow the way

I will be seeing a lot of yellow arrows on my walk. Unless I get completely lost..

Perhaps with this on my backpack I will be more able to get the right help as people try to make sense of the crazy gibbering foreigner. I have at least learnt 'hello' in Portuguese.

It's so much easier to join a forum than to walk 700km. But I've got the badge so now I better do the walk. It's very cool to get a letter from Spain. The Camino De Santiago forum has been a great place to do some research.

This is a bit of a test post to see if I can blog from my phone using email. It will let me take a photo and then write what I want as it happens. Then later when I'm able I can send the email. Twitterfeed then makes the posts to facebook and Twitter automatically.

I still haven't decide what technology I will take or how connected I will allow myself to stay. Minimum is probably phone, kindle and a proper camera. Oh and the solar powered charger.

Sent while mobile..

Getting ready for an adventure

I've been restless for a while. It feels like time to do something different. Yes, it probably is a middle age thing. I've got a lot of untaken holidays banked up. So I'm going on a walk, a long walk, through a country where I don't speak a word of the local languages. Sleeping wherever I find available I'm going to follow an ancient path to a place that has been a focal point of pilgrimage for over 1000 years, Santiago de Compostela. And rather than take the main route I'm going to take a road less travelled. I'm planning to start in Lisbon and walk to over 600km into Spain. If I have the time I'm going to walk to the end of the earth; Finisterre. It's almost as far away from home as possible on this planet. And then I'll come back home. 

I've booked a ticket, so now it's time to get ready.