26/09/22 – 02/10/22 219 km Despite the absence of a window I slept like a log in the refuge! I was clearly exhausted after yesterday’s emotional rollercoaster. I skipped my morning brew so I could make a quick exit and began the steep descent to Andilla. There I planned to stop at the first bar …
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. …
The GR20 is a 180km multi-day hike that traverses Corsica’s mountainous spine, from Calenzana in the northwest and to Conca in the southeast. It is renowned for being Europe’s toughest hiking trail. We would soon find out how fitting this reputation is. Car, minibus, plane, bus, bus, tram, boat, train, train, train, walk, lorry and …
Day 6 19/4/22 Tuesday Four trips to the breakfast buffet later it was time to leave the relative comfort of the hotel. I would have gone again but they had run out of ensaimadas. Freshly stocked with water and chocolate we headed out of Ciutadella at a blistering pace. We are walkers now, I chuckled …
Day 1 14/4/22 Thursday After a hearty fry-up we set off for Alicante airport for a quick dash over the Mediterranean to Menorca. Prior to starting the walk we had one quick but vital task, to purchase camping gas. After the most expensive two minute bus journey of our lives we were hoofed out into …
Prior to the first lockdown I can’t remember having run for a bus, now I proudly sit here with my first finishers medal signalling the completion of Elche’s Half Marathon. The oldest event of its type in the world! The day started as any other Sunday morning, I woke early and prepared myself a hearty …
