I'm loving your posts! When we stopped at Fernanda's, years ago, the place was PACKED, with people sleeping or her garden. The dinner was crazy, and so was the breakfast, but she was the most lovely host. I actually loved the next day walking...
Day 6 - Casa da Fernanda- Ponte de Lima
Today we left our accommodation of the previous night later than we had any other day, setting out at 9:40 after a lovely breakfast and conversation with our host, Fernanda. On the way, I started to pick...
We loved Ponte de Lima, it *is* romantic! Take your time to savor it. I'm sorry to hear that there weren't a lot of people at Fernanda’s, but so happy to read the lemon cake story. We found several small groups and individual connections in other...
We stayed on 6th May this year and the heating was still on - everyone was baking and quite a few folks left early as they couldn't sleep because of the heat haha! I can imagine the heating would be very welcome in the winter. Disposable sheets...
I came here to second the tape measure idea.
I ate like crazy on my second camino and gained minimal weight, but my measures actually went down: all the walking was actually transforming fat into muscle, which is heavier, and explained the...
Are you hoping to keep your weight down or your body fat percentage? If you are mostly wanting to monitor/maintain your body fat at a particular level you could do pinch tests rather than weigh yourself. Google "pinch test for body fat" or "skin...
My “anniversary” is coming up. London 7 July 2005. Always a difficult day. I do use the tube these days but not that day. I made it into the office. Lots didn’t. Front desk security gave me a long look and then offered me a clothes-brush. One of...
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