03/10/22 – 09/10/22 207 km I had an appalling night’s sleep in the tent. Partly because I could hear shots going off in the distance but more significantly due to the fact I had pitched in such a way that I kept rolling off the mattress. I was certain it was level when I had …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
