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Sometimes when life throws you a moerse curveball!
We are on day 4 and have taken a rest day in Pamplona. But I wanted to share our ‘oh no’ moment.
Ten days ago, in Rome, we were rushing to get to our apartment where the taxi was waiting to take us to the airport to go to Croatia. Ian’s sandal...
I got my first blister yesterday!
For more than a year I have been following this forum. I have read so many opinions, advice, cautions and stories. I have seen videos and photos that looked absolutely horrendous. And I have looked at different tapes and preventative measures. And I was...
Hi everyone. Just to let you know how it has gone since our last post.
Ian had the angiogram yesterday, with better news than I had anticipated. He has a small blockage in one of the small branches of the coronary arteries and a much bigger partial blockage higher up. He didn’t get a stent...
In sharing this I think of all those people who have had to cancel, postpone or interrupt their Camino.
Three weeks ago we went to emergency department because Ian had chest pain. After blood tests and ECGs and repeated tests they couldn’t find anything and, because he had had a cold just...
We have noticed that Ian’s boots had lost a lot of thread. This is a real serious matter because he takes size14 and his last pair of keen boots,which he absolutely loves, had to be ordered in. Three weeks ago he bought a pair of Merrill’s which appeared ok but he has been adjusting it with...
Hi. We are Hazel, 61,and Ian, 67. I first found out about the Camino 18 months ago on a cooking show. When I called Ian he said he’s not interested in cooking shows. I said you have to see this one! Since then we were hooked. Ian was on the waiting list for hip replacement and I was in...
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