Europe 2025 : Peace in the pause.

Fisterra, Spain

The world is spiralling out of control right now and I think we’re all doing our best to hold on at the moment.

One reason I walked the Camino this year was to stick my head in the sand for a little while, but that can only happen for so long. I have to go back to reality eventually. I just wish the world’s reality involved more kindness and compassion.

In meantime, I am sitting on the balcony of a beachside apartment, overlooking the gorgeous Spanish coastline. The water is clear and is a multitude of blues and greens. The sand is white whilst being covered in shells. Lots of Camino shells here. I feel extremely lucky to be here. Privileged.

What a place to work on my book outline - yes I’m doing that again again - because one thing that I determined while walking was that it needed rework. Something wasn’t quite fitting, and I could never figure out what. Until today. I have decided to pull a minor character from another book and add it as a second POV.

For those who’ve read my books, you known I love doing this. Suddenly it fits. This character has been swirling my head for quite a long time now.

Can you guess which character it is?

I’ve got pages upon pages upon pages of notes for this book, and I know I’ve got a lot of work to do when I get home. But I finally feel like it’s all coming together.

I’m so grateful to be here. I’m so grateful to my very supportive husband for understanding the need for me to be here. The peace and quiet helps. The walking, kilometre after kilometre, helps. The need to have no responsibility but to myself also helps.

And as I write this outline, I am reminded that we all need each other. So do yourself a favour. Reach out to somebody you love and tell them how much they mean to you. I think we all need to be reminded of that right now. Not to sound preachy, it’s just a nudge.