Monthly archives: June 2021

The past 4 days have been a bit intense; we walked a total of 130 kilometres. We have been blessed with fresh air and a bit of rain. The route is enjoyable except for one day where we followed the wrong direction, and we ended up walking for many kilometres […]

Day 15 21/06/21 Today we left the red house (La tribu des Butin) in Zudausques. Last night we were fortunate. This lovely family were not advertising the renting of the room anywhere; a local man saw us and mention that Messier Butin, in the past, used to rent a room […]

Day 13 19/06/21 It has been difficult to find time to write in the past few days. We spent Friday in Calais; the hotel wasn’t special at all. Both Carlos and I are very easy, and we do not expect much from our accommodation, but I think we ended up […]

What a day!!!! By 6 am we were up. We had 6 hours to ourselves before checking out; plenty of time for a shower, breakfast, Carlos hair cut and a little bit of shopping. The day felt perfect, relaxed, but this feeling wasn’t going to last long; a frenetic rush […]

Day 11 Heavy rain hit Canterbury all night; we were glad to be in the “Pippin cabin” and not in the tent. At 8 am we left Hobbitville to walk the last stretch of the English section of the journey. Over 30 k ahead of us. Soon, beautiful footpaths took […]

Day 9 Yesterday we walked nearly 30 kilometres. We were very excited to finally reach Canterbury, that we have been marching like soldiers. The days start to merge; it feels that we have been walking for months, even if only for 10 days. I keep asking Carlos which day of […]

Today we had a great beginning. As soon as we left the campsite, Mamma Mia popped to mind, and we started dancing in the middle of the road. We reached the North Down Way milestone, and tomorrow we should be in Canterbury, completing the first 160 kilometres. It was a […]

DAY 6 After a night constantly sliding down (we pitched the tent on a little slope), we started our 6th day walking. So far, we have been fortunate, gorgeous sunny days with summery temperatures, and all our need for electricity has been satisfied by the solar panel we carry on […]

Today we walked around 25 Km, it was a very tough day but full of wonderful experiences. First thing in the morning, we met Paul walking with his dog Sonny. Paul, another long-distance walker and biker, invited us for a great cup of coffee in his garden. There, we met […]

3.30 AM: I woke up to the most amazing sound…a Tawny owl hooting and a few minutes later a Barn Owl… oh, I wish I had an infrared camera with me. Their beautiful call was mesmerising. Falling asleep again after wasn’t easy; it seems that all birds have woken up, […]