19/09/22 – 25/09/22 178km Thankfully when I awoke on the morning of Day 19 all my kit had dried and after packing my bag I made my way downstairs where I was spoiled rotten at breakfast. The highlight being enough takeaway sandwiches and pastries to get me through the next few days. With a sense …
12/09/22 – 18/09/22 203km I woke up late after yesterday’s 50km stretch. It was already hot and I was sporting a massive cut on my hand due to my late night attempts to hammer in the tent pegs. I hadn’t eaten for over 18 hours. Surely the supermarkets were open again. I bought enough for …
05/09/22 – 11/09/22 245km After dragging myself out of bed I managed to hobble my way to the Correos (Post Office). The first four days had taught me that if I was going to complete this walk I would have to simplify my approach. So I posted anything that wasn’t absolutely necessary home. I managed …
01/09/22 – 04/09/22 137km As my mum and I drove the 900km from my base in Los Alcázares to the northeast of Spain, I really started to appreciate the scale of the challenge ahead of me. I was starting to feel petrified. At 10am on September 1 we made our way from our hotel in …
On the 1st of September 2022 I will begin a 4,500km circumnavigation of Spain, my adopted country, by foot. In doing so I aim to raise at least £10,000 for the Young Minds Trust – the UK’s leading charity fighting to improve children’s mental health. The walk itself will loosely follow six major pre-existing trails. …
