Thu 28th Sept., Aljucén to Alcuéscar It's not that it was really a long day today, it just seemed that way. Only around about 20 klms,...

Wed 27th Sept., Mérida to Aljucén, 17klms Today started with much uncertainty - should I walk or should I not? I didn’t want to just sit...

Tue 26th Sept., Mérida The bug struck back with a vengeance last night, so today really was a day of rest. Early afternoon we ventured...

Mon 25th Sept., Torremegía to Mérida Today’s blog will be a somewhat disjointed affair. After our enforced stop at Torremejia, in which...

Sun 24th Sept., Villafranca de los Barros to Torremegía, en coche You don't need all the gory details, but in summary I've been struck...

Sat 23rd Sept., Zafra to Villafranca de los Barros Just a brief catch-up photojournal, for reasons which will become obvious ... The path...

Sat 23rd Sept., Zafra to Villafranca de los Barros, approx 21klms Surprisingly, we've arrived into the mid-sized town of Villafranca de...

Fri 22nd Sept., Fuente de Cantos to Zafra, ~26 klms [Some stats – estimated at a little over 26 klms, 33/35,000 steps recorded on our...

Thu 21st Sept., Monesterio to Fuente de Cantos, 21klms I think that "pretty tough" is an Aussie colloquialism. We'll add the word...

Wed 20th Sept., El Real de la Jara to Monesterio, 20klms I could just as easily called today A Tale Of Two Roads, but that title has sort...

Tue 19th Sept., Almadén de la Plata to El Real de la Jara; 13.8 klms I'm seeing a pattern here already - if I think the day's to be hard,...

Mon 18th Sept., Castilblanco de los Arroyos to Almadén de la Plata, 28 klms First, a pronuncian lesson for the Aussies in the audience. ...

Sunday 17th Sept. Guillena to Castilblanco de los Arroyos Those of you who have some familiarity with my past blog posts will know that...

Saturday 16th Sept. Sevilla to Guillena I know the correct answer to that rhetorical question, but today I temporarily overlooked that...

Day 0, Friday 15th September Just under four years ago (in 2019) we spent a week here in Sevilla. On September 27th of that year I posted...

Exploring Brittany - 8th-12th September Our trip to Brittany to visit Grace and Howard Boorman was the sole purpose of our trip to France...

El turista exige, el prergrino agradece "The tourist demands, the pilgrim thanks/appreciates" The cover page of the Via de la Plata...

Wednesday 16th August In exactly 31 days - one month - I'll be another year older (plus 2 days). On that day, 16th September, Janet and I...

I'm planning that this will be my final post after my recent "Footsteps of Hillary" trip. In the last few days I've waded through the...

Ha ha ha. No, not THE K2, simply my 2nd visit to Kathmandu this trip. Friday 9th June - Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, and...