Jack dragged himself out of the potentially deadly marshes dragging his tent behind him.

We met him at breakfast just the other day. He is a pilgrim (this can be anyone who thinks they are a pilgrim from a dedicated church goer to a person who loves to travel abroad, that’s us).

Now I met him again, he looked 10 years beyond his tender 40 years and he was having breakfast. He was in a hurry the first time but this time he was travelling slowly.

He was about 400 kilometres into his 643 km walk when he took his first step into the water, 3 months of melted snow. He thought he would be through in no time but it went on and on. We think we saw him once not far from our train and that time he was struggling with the delicate metre deep snow.

As I said previously, the trail is wet and it will be risky until the end of May so we continue to do our individual walks daily. I took a small risk myself last week where I trod in what I thought was a lot less depth so I was up to my  knee I had to clear the snow off my foot before I lost my shoe, so no more experimenting.

The weather is cold now because we’ve moved north, and it was colder in early May than it was when it was supposed to be warmer in April. There’s been some drizzle just to test my rain gear, it works, and no heavy rain or strong winds, the last resulting in my most challenging moments.

The last couple of days has seen us walking more of the camino, the usual mountains and today especially walking through islands of small rocks, all mossed up, so beautiful with the lovely eidel weiss scattered around each favoured feature

One stood out in many ways – it was a graveyard for the vikings where their bodies were burnt or not and then covered with dirt above ground making it look like a stunning natural landscape.

The Norwegians continue to be the most obliging people I have ever met. It’s as though they have a rule book that doesn’t work, so they move it aside and say to themselves: “In this situation, how would I like to be treated” and then treat them accordingly and not over the top. That is my perception

Just like the weather. It’s cold now because we’ve moved north, and it was colder in early May than it was when it was supposed to be warmer in April. There’s been some drizzle just to test my rain gear, it works, and no heavy rain or strong winds, the last resulting in my most challenging moments.

Did you know dawn is at 0345 and dusk at 2241?