To Santiago de Compostella and Beyond
I get caught up in the idea of various events for charity. I somehow have ended up on all their mailing lists, don’t know how that happened. Sometimes like today I see something that I think would be really interesting to do. But I have learned from unpleasant experiences with charities in the past. A [...]
It’s important to have the right footwear for your level of hiking, more so if you are going on a walking holiday. Different styles are more suitable for different levels than others. For instance, if you enjoy light hiking or backpacking, some features may be surplus to your needs and therefore add unnecessary weight. On [...]
I was out hill walking yesterday for the first time this year, and the first time for a few months. Glendalough is my normal choice when I want somewhere easy to get to and is not too difficult. But yesterday my lack of walking fitness was quite apparent. The walk has an easy 2km to [...]
November seems to be a good month to challenge myself, the clocks have went back an hour, its dark and it is one of those nothing months in the lead up to Christmas. Additionally I have not really pushed myself to a deadline on a personal basis for quite some time, I have been a [...]
Field Report from Rabanal del Camino, Spain Wednesday, June 9, 2010 The four of us (Bob, Rowena, Chard and me) have now completed more than half our tour of duty here in Rabanal. We are scheduled for departure one week from today and are all a bit nostalgic about it. We agree that the experience [...]
Or am I just being paranoid? Does it matter? I own a few websites now and I still find it really freaky when I see many searches to my sites that use my name. I have my own blog on my own name lesliegilmour.com but I don’t write there much now – however it is [...]