In September 1987, a group of four of us cycled the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela. We were four girls who didn't know much about bicycles or even how to change a flat tyre and who didn't really think of ourselves as endurance athletes. But we cycled over 500 miles in about 10 days across rugged wilderness and over the Galician mountain ranges to win - what? A certificate in Latin forgiving us of all our sins and a sense of personal satisfaction.//

In this episode of my mobile podcast, while laid out on the sofa with a bad cold, I look back at this personal journey and a moment of transition in my life.//

Photo: thanks to placid casual on flickr.com (CCL)