Looking back

I've started sorting through the hundreds of photos I've taken on the iphone and my camera. There's a bit of work to do to make them presentable but I'll start uploading them in batches as I work through them.

Looking back over the five weeks of walking is weird - it seems such a long time ago that I left St Jean de Luz with Graham.  Every photo brings a moment of reflection but they remind me that whatever the day brought, there was always something positive in it - a message to remember for everyday life back home. Perhaps I'll record some of those reflections over the next few days - they encompass such a range of emotions and subjects I don't want to loose them when I get back into everyday life.

For the moment, here's a taster of the photos:

Starting by the Atlantic in Ciboure (by St Jean de Luz) on a glorious day
(27th April 2010)

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 First sight of Sare, a beautiful Basque village

St Jean Pied de Port

 

 Les Baronnies - Chateau de Mauvezin

Tested by the woodland - this doesn't show the worst of the devastation but the rocks added to the difficulty.

Col d'Esquierry - my biggest mental challenge

Seix - fast running water was a recurring theme

But it was the woodland that led to this, though it happened on a relatively easy stretch.

(3rd June 2010)