I'm going for a walk

I have decided to go for a walk, a very long walk, 410 miles give or take a few in fact.

A few months ago a friend of mine from camp asked me if I wanted to go to Jerusalem, I did but the thought of being blown up was not exactly my forte. So the other week he asked me if I would be interested in doing the Camino de Santiago. I have heard a lot about it, the priest at my church (who my gran is chums with) does parts of it every few years, in fact he keeps a stone on the side of the alter and tells people to hold it and push all of their worries into the stone. When he goes to walk his camino, he takes the stone to Cruz de Ferro and places it on the pile of rocks. I have also seen the film The Way by Emilio Estavez, which was very insightful and sad.

So why not, I really could be loosing more than a few pounds, I love a new adventure and I couldn't think of a better person to spend it with. The plan needs to start now though, I am currently not fit enough to be jetting off to Spain to walk from Pamplona to Santiago. So I have started walking 5k every few days along the beach, It is a very flat surface but it is a start to get my stamina up a bit. This weekend will be the start of the longer 7 or 8k introducing hills but still on pavement to get my feet ready for the amount of paths and concrete. 

In June I will be flying to Poland to stay with my friend for a few weeks before heading to Spain to start our camino. He lives in Wroclaw and has some beautiful hilly walks around that I am planning to get stomping on before we fly. 

I signed up for a new website with a very informational forum on the Camino de Santiago, everyone is very helpful and extremely nice. I cant wait to get there now and see the beautiful landscape.