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To the end of Britain
Read more: To the end of Britain“I don’t feel at all ready for this trip. I don’t know how to work the Garmin. I hate the rain. I can’t repair a puncture. I feel unfit and useless!” I am looking for someone to agree with me that this is a mad, stupid idea that can only end in disaster and should…
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What’s in a Name?
Read more: What’s in a Name?What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” So declares Juliet as she laments the name of her beloved Romeo. Shakespeare is right that names are only one part of the tapestry that makes us who we are – but they do matter. With less…
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An Unconventional Training Plan
Read more: An Unconventional Training Plan“If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together” Anon With my physical preparation so far restricted to carb-loading, I won’t be going anywhere fast. But I do want to go far – nearly 3000 miles to the eastern edge of Europe. So, I have been training by…
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An Unreasonable Decision
Read more: An Unreasonable Decision“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man” George Bernard Shaw, 1903 I can’t imagine a more unreasonable thing for someone like me – an unemployed, recently divorced, third-generation immigrant, mother-of-two in my mid-30s –…
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