These Corners of the World

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 20 (The end of the road)

It took me almost three weeks, but I finally made it to Santiago de Compostela. Rolling into the outskirts of the city, dusty and hungry...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 18 (My first flat tyre)

I've been on the road for almost three weeks now, and managed to avoid getting a flat tyre. Unfortunately, that streak ended today. I was...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 17 (A long slog up to O Cebreiro)

I've noticed somewhat of a strange phenomenon taking place recently. It seems the longer I go on for, the further I get, the less I seem...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 16 (In the eye of the storm at the top of the Camino)

Today was a long, long day. And an incredibly wet one. I knew in advance that today was going to be tough. All the guide books agree...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 15 (Remembering old friends)

Since the very start of my journey, there has been someone in the back of my mind. He was the only person I ever knew who travelled the...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 14 (Lounging around Leon)

And on the 14th day, she rested. Or, rather, she went to see the sights in Leon. My first port of call was, unsurprisingly, the...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 13 (Wading through water, and sheep, to get to Leon)

I was so exhausted after my cycle yesterday that I went to bed almost as soon as I got to Sahagun... having done absolutely no...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day 11 (A battered body)

My body is breaking beneath me, piece by piece. Every day there is a new ailment. So far, I have eight - both ankles, both knees, my ass,...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Nine (Resting in Burgos)

Many moons ago, when I was organising this little adventure, I set aside a whole day to see the sights in the city of Burgos. Best....

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Six (My first meltdown)

Not a week into the Camino and I experienced my first meltdown. It took place, as a lot of meltdowns do, in a public area - the train...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Five (Exploring Logrono)

In the last few days I've walked and cycled 175km from Saint Jean Pied de Port in France to Logrono in Spain... which means today is a...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Four (A wine-fuelled trip to Logrono)

After a poor start to the day, filled with stretches, popping leg tendons and worry, Day Four of my Camino journey was actually...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Three (Dragging my body to Estella)

Today was the first time I genuinely considered quitting. I'm quite ashamed to write that, considering it's only Day Three, but it's the...

Cycling the Camino de Santiago - Day Two (The road to Pamplona)

This morning I woke to an empty room. Out of 14 pilgrims, all sharing the one large dorm, I was the very, very last one to get up. The...