The 16 day Camino walk from Leon to Santiago de Compostela was long and harsh on my body and my mind.  Walking solo during a heat wave in June, I quickly found myself not wanting to continue.  I had only what I carried on my back, so resources were kept to a minimum, but I did bring a small watercolour set, given to me years ago from a artist friend, and lots of small 'hand' sized watercolour papers that I hoped I would have enough time to do some drawing and reflecting during the walk. 

I learnt very quickly that these moments of drawing time became my life saving resting times during the day.  The recording of what I could see around me at the time of the rest became an important record not only of the observations of wildlife and tiny elements only seen by taking the time to stop and notice, but also after many days, these drawings formed a tracing of my mind and how I was coping or not with what was happening on the day. 

In the end, there is over 150 drawings of moments in time, places and feelings that can easily be re-membered from taking the time to sit and look and draw. Strong memories compared with the quick photo that goes as quickly as the click of the camera.