One of the things people have asked me about since we got back was who we met on our pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, what kind of people they were, and why they were doing it. And since a little bit of time has elapsed it seems right to start a few pieces about my experience on this blog with an article about our Camino Companions. The first thing to say is that when we were planning our pilgrimage* not once did we consider that we would make lots of friends. We had bee

I have just had my first piece published about my walk along the Camino de Santiago. You can find it here, on a fascinating website called 'bind' which engages with climate change via creativity. My piece is about the forest fires which whipped through Spain while I was walking the Camino in October. We missed the fires by a day but got caught up in the smoke.