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Originally posted on A Season Workers Life:
So here it is, the new blog from the guy that walked across France & Spain in 2011. This new site is designed to inspire and inform some of you out there into…

Originally posted on A Season Workers Life:
Hello again guys & girls, I hope you’re getting excited about this coming season?! I can’t believe in 3 weeks I’ll be heading out… I was hoping to have Mark or Ruth’s interview…

Tomorrow I leave for Blighty, I have mixed emotions. The last few days are a blur of beautiful little French villages and laziness. Tomorrow I return to two months worth of post and bills, chores to do and employment to … Continue reading →

As I sit here at my parents place in France, my father hounding me about finding a job, (of which I had already lined several offers up before starting my walk), I contemplate a change in direction. Several other opportunities … Continue reading →

Well after a gruelling thirteen hour coach journey followed by a short taxi ride and a slightly more bearable train journey followed by a quick stint on a bus, Jaz and I finally arrived in Sarlat (France). We were greeted … Continue reading →

We get up early again, 6am. The four Brazilian guys that Bruno walked with were here last night, I’ll have to let him know. The young guy at the albergue told me last night that there was a bus at … Continue reading →

My alarm goes off, I wake Jaz who gets down from the top bunk and joins me. We get up and pack before having some breakfast. It’s just gone 7am by the time we leave. There’s a chill in the … Continue reading →

The alarm goes off at 6am, we are up, packed and out by half past. I’m looking forward to walking again but I still worry for Jaz. She takes everything in her stride and after the initial shock of another … Continue reading →

Last night wasn’t a late one in the end, but I didn’t sleep at all… I think a combination of caffeine, nerves, anxiety, street noise and too much food all played a part. Today Jaz arrives and my fellow pilgrims … Continue reading →

Bruno, Katja and myself had agreed last night to walk in together at sunrise. My alarm goes off at 5.30am, I’d been sensible and pre packed most of my gear last night. By 5.45am I’m pretty much ready, so is … Continue reading →