The joy of doing nothing

Having arrived at the cottage yesterday, then had to go and shop for food, today is the first opportunity for weeks to do absolutely nothing. It's not until you stop that you realise how much you need to!

Some people have asked me why I'm not walking on my journey, and the answer is that I want to make the most of my opportunity to travel by going to lots of places. I am however travelling down through France, Spain and back up through Spain again by train. In these days when the default way to go any distance is by air, I think rail travel is perhaps the 21st century equivalent of walking. I could get to even more places by air, but being more leisurely gives time to think, and is kinder to the planet.