October 2017
Saturday October 28th 2017
I jogged along the prom towards the Cotobro end of Almuñecar… I walked down some steps onto the beach – along more steps round the rocks, which lead to yet another...
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Friday October 27th 2017
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I ran barefoot along my now familiar mountain road; just 8 kilometres. I run less here. It is harder for my body here and I reflected how i have been drawn...
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Thursday October 26th 2017
Today I wanted to be up in the mountains, amongst the boulders and to tread along the rocky paths. There was not another soul about, until I started to wind my...
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Live update from Almuñecar
Today is an exciting day as the route that I am going to be running barefoot across Spain went onto the site! I have just spent two weeks in the Alpujarra...
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The Route
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I love the poem ‘Caminante, No hay camino’ by Antonio Machado… The poem resonates with my journey across Spain… This verse says everything about the adventure unfolding… ‘Caminante, son tues...
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Wednesday October 25th 2017
An easy day today… My body felt tired, but my feet loved their small barefoot run along the mountain road, covering just 6.4k
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Tuesday October 24th 2017
I set off before the sun had come over the mountains again, and daylight had not even reached us here. I rather like the privacy of running in the dark… And...
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Angela, Pru and Ruby’s pledge to Barefoot Across Spain challenge
Angela and I have been friends for nearly 18 years and it is very exciting to have her a huge part of my adventure… She has pledged a huge gift to...
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Monday October 23rd 2017
I rose before the sun and raced its rising… I wore my Skinner’s socks today as it was still dark when I set off, and I couldn’t see where I was...
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Sunday October 22nd 2017
The plan was that I would run 8k first – return to meet Ange at the entrance of Casa the hotel and then together run the same seafront 10k route as...
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