While I'm Away

It's seems to be the season for going away.  The  three  Divas of food blogging are all on their various travels this week.  Now it's my turn.   I will be in Australia, Western Australia to be exact,  until the end of November.  How lucky am I - my Mum lives near Margaret River.   It won't  quite be  Thelma and Louise,  but my Mum and I will be taking a road trip through Pemberton , Denmark , Albany  and Mt Barker .  How many wineries can one visit in a week?

I won't be posting while I'm away so I will leave you with  some photos  taken in 2004 when Bryan and I walked the 800 kilometre Camino de Santiago  across Spain. Beginning in St Jean Pied de Port   at the base of the Pyrenees,we walked for 5 weeks at an average of 20k a day, staying mostly in refugios, with the odd night in a nice hotel and one night in a luxury Paradore  . Five days after arriving in Santiago de Compostella, and after all that walking carrying a back pack,   I was diagnosed with cancer.  Now we are in training again, as we are making plans  to walk from Le Puy  to  St Jean Pied de Port in Spring/Summer 2006, to celebrate my recovery. 

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