encontrando mi camino
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Arzúa
Neither Bilby or I were terribly enthusiastic about setting off this morning but as it is inevitable we did it anyway. Dad mostly did his own thing again but I think had more time to chat today to people from… Continue reading
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Life is pain, highness
Anyone who says differently is selling something. I had that quote and that scene stuck in my head for hours today as I paid dearly for yesterday’s hubris. Every step hurt. Every lifting of every step hurt. I hobbled to… Continue reading
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Endurance
Of all the days I had been anxious about today’s was definitely the worst. 32km is a long way and add in a busted foot and it seemed ludicrous that I might even entertain the idea. Add in 500m of… Continue reading
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Nadir
I woke at 1am after 3 hours of sleep. I don’t know if it was the pain in my feet, my apprehension of walking on said feet or generalised anxiety. I was too hot and then too cold. Then resigned.… Continue reading
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Asturias
We started early on Tuesday to catch the train North. Bilby slept pretty well though probably could have used a few more hours before Dad was up and about for the day. I elected against the hotel’s (probably fine) 20€… Continue reading
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¡Vamonos!
On the plane and ready to push back. It’s been a full day of walking and enjoying the sunshine and trying to make up for the next 24 hours of sedentariness. I didn’t plan today and made choices spontaneously, which,… Continue reading
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Forgiveness
Sydney and I have a complicated history. A chronostratigraphy of jumbled buried skeletons. Today was a day of wishing I had the resources to pack up and head to London for 12 months to do another fellowship. A day of… Continue reading
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Beneficent Tornadoes
We head off on leg one tonight. A prosaic and short flight so that I can go to a conference that I’ve shoehorned into this sliver of leave. It’s serendipitously Helen Taussig’s birthday today – an amazing woman who developed… Continue reading
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Up and back again
I have one more day off until we leave in 9 days time. My head was not clear enough to come up with a new walk today so I did what I’ve done several times now and walked to the… Continue reading
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Mother’s Day
I planned to go for a hike today but I didn’t. I planned to go for a hike yesterday. But I didn’t. I planned to sleep better for the last week. But I didn’t. Nana’s orchid is in full bloom… Continue reading
Following the Gleam 