Last night I attended an author talk that I have been eagerly looking forward to, since I heard he was coming to town. The author was John Brierley the author of A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago: St. Jean *Roncesvalles* Santiago This guide book was my bible when I walked the Camino in 2013. […]
Looking back to the Camino de Santiago – The end
Memories of an Amazing Adventure This is the third in a short series about my experiences of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage walk. In 2014, I turned 60, and to celebrate reaching this milestone, while still being fit and active, I decided that the Camino would be a perfect celebration for me. Much better […]
Looking back to the Camino de Santiago day 24 – Santiago
Memories of an Amazing Adventure This is the third in a short series about my experiences of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage walk. In 2014, I turned 60, and to celebrate reaching this milestone, while still being fit and active, I decided that the Camino would be a perfect celebration for me. Much better than […]
Looking Back to the Camino de Santiago Days 13-24
Memories of an Amazing Adventure This is the second in a short series about my experiences of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage walk. In 2014, I turned 60, and to celebrate reaching this milestone, while still being fit and active, I decided that the Camino would be a perfect celebration for me. Much better than […]
Looking Back to the Camino de Santiago Days 1 – 12
Memories of an Amazing Adventure This is the second in a short series about my experiences of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage walk. In 2014, I turned 60, and to celebrate reaching this milestone, while still being fit and active, I decided that the Camino would be a perfect celebration for me. Much better than […]
Looking Back to the Camino de Santiago
Memories of an Amazing Adventure This is the first in a short series about my experiences of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage walk. In 2014, I turned 60, and to celebrate reaching this milestone, while still being fit and active, I decided that the Camino would be a perfect celebration for me. Much better than […]
It’s our blogiversary
The message below, from WordPress, alerted me to this huge milestone, that I’d almost missed. Next Phase in Fitness and Life has turned 7 years old! Just writing that seems really strange to me. When I started this little blog, about my adventures in fitness, I had no idea that it would still be going […]
Finisterre – 2 years ago
Two years ago today, I walked into Finisterre to complete 1018 kms walking the Camino de Santiago, across Spain. I just thought I would mention it today, as I didn’t say anything much about it at the time. The end of the Camino for me was very much an anti climax and I still think […]







