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As an adjunct, in Australia there’s a rapidly growing push to become a cashless society which is causing great concern. A recent 12 hour outage by a major telco threw commerce amongst other things into chaos and highlighted the dangers of such a policy. Fewer and fewer people here pay with cash….
I was lucky enough to be there in Stadium Australia to see the win. Spain, particularly in the first half, were an absolute joy to watch. Lots could be said about many things in this match but the better team won on the night. Drove the long way home thinking of so much joy being felt all over...
I am currently walking between Sansol where I started now in Granon. I am amazed at the number of walkers. I can’t speak for big towns, but in smaller places albergues are totally full as is private accomodation and it’s not yet the beginning of May. Where I am staying tonight they are fully...
My questions with shared bathrooms are always:
How many bathrooms are avaiable for how many people, and, most importantly, are the toilets separate from the bathrooms...? One bathroom shared by several people with the only toilet INSIDE the bathroom? That's a NO......
Normally, I get lost, though hopefully not literally, in the beauty and energy of the here and now. BUT, there's always a but, when there is still 5 km to go and I'm out of energy, or it's pouring with rain, then there's nothing like a good beat, particularly anything Pet Shop Boys, to lift the...
'The year we seized the day' by Elizabeth Best and Colin Bowles is a somewhat irreverent account of two authors undertaking the Camino. So funny and so true....... Enjoy their journey and then enjoy yours.
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