So Day 13 turned out to be pretty lucky for me after all. Simple really – I made it. Now for some stats. In 13 days I….. – Walked approx 420 000 steps -Burnt approx 45 500 calories -Put on 0.5kg (or one pound for the non metrics) -Saw 40 shades of Green – and […]
Tonight I simply cannot write too much, as I have to rest my most important muscle… my brain. To say that at this stage I am physically in bits would be a slight euphemism, but a few more tapes, needles and prods from the very selfless Siobhan Guiry should keep me strapped in for the […]
Part of the wonders of this journey is that I am a most unlikely poster child for anything physical! Built like a brick shithouse, I’m more the type of person you want in a drunken arm wrestling contest than a marathon walk, but in that lies the humour in itself – so let me continue. […]
Speeding along life’s continuously speedy route, we are excused if we miss a beat, or a trick, because really…. really, I was just SO busy. And we have it all planned out. Being a grown-up is SO much easier than being a child or god forbid, a misunderstood teenager. But then as we walk along […]
Houston, we seem to have a speed wobble, and will have to concentrate on recouping. Sleep….. […]
When I set out on this journey, and decided on the dates – I never took into consideration the dates, and as it happened I crossed the border today from Northern Ireland to the Republic on another Iconic South African Election Day. My first time legally crossing the border and not having to worry that […]
It’s extraordinary how debilitating fear and self doubt can be. Those who know me knows that I am not half as opinionated, obnoxious and confident as many would believe. In fact, when I tell folks that I am painstakingly shy they find it hard to fathom…. Verging on ridiculous. But that in itself is one […]