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 […]
Yearly archives: 2021
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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, […]
Today we had the great news that France will allow us in without the need to quarantine for 7 days. Luckily both Carlos and I had two doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. On the other hand, we found out that we can enter only after 14 days from the second […]
Today, after a wonderful start with a delicious espresso, we left Ditchling. The hiking trolley seems to attract the attention of people. They constantly ask where we are going, and it would be nice to immortalise their expression when they hear our answer: Italy. From this point onwards, the conversation […]
What a day. We set off at around 8 AM, with David and Kevin bidding us farewell. It was an emotional moment seeing them and the house getting further away. The sky was misty, and soon we started to be engulfed by the low cloud. A strange sense of freedom […]