I am now in Bristol with my Camino bessie mate Arlene. She is kindly putting me up at her place for a few days before I go off to Bournemouth to visit my Aunt Jennifer. The train journey from Liverpool started off with a cancelled train but I was able to get on one that went through Birmingham and then on to Bristol making me only a half hour behind schedule. Arlene picked me up and we went out for an Indian meal before going back to her place to drink wine and catch up. Today was a beautiful sunny day and we went down to the docks and had a very british, very naughty brunch of bacon butty's and chips. Hell, you only live once right? It was delicious and well worth queuing up for. There is a beautiful bridge that goes across the Avon river and we walked across it and then up to the little fortress at the top of the hill. We have had a great time catching up and philosophysing about the effect the Camino has had on us and trying to work it all out and make sense of it all. We looked at photos and reminisced about our friends and all the good times we had together. We called Gerry from Ireland and it was good to hear his voice. We had the idea of meeting up doing a walk in the lake district or even Scotland - maybe the Coast to Coast....
Tomorrow we are driving to London to see a screening of a film Arlene's cousin has edited. Not sure if I can get a ticket, but if not, I'm sure I can find something to do in London...! Back to Bristol and then on to Bournemouth Tuesday morning where I will stay until I leave for Marakech next Sunday.
It is so good to re-live the Camino with Arlene. It is something that doesn't easily fit into "real" life and it has been a challenge to not talk about it with others for fear of boring them to death! We never seem to tire of talking about it and it's so good to talk about it with someone who has experienced it with me.
Well, off to cook dinner now and possibly drink a glass of wine : )
Hasta Luego!
Jena
