Reading Time: 7 minutes It seemed achievable. If a bit scary. I was in training to head to Portugal, Lisbon to live for a few months but then ultimately fly to Madeira as part of that trip to compete in a 115km ultramarathon; heading up into the mountains of this archipelago. I hadn’t conceived of spending that long on…
Reading Time: 6 minutes It was midnight. What a strange time to be setting off! Sleeping in the daytime hadn’t really happened. But resting had. For the rest, I was counting on adrenalin to see me through. As the event came closer and I studied the elevation and length online whilst in Lisbon my nerves grew. My longest event…
Reading Time: 5 minutes My dad and I said our goodbyes abruptly. I’d been unhappy in the village; my father’s village for the one night I’d been there. As night had set in, with the lack of doors and windows, power and use of simple nets and incense sticks to fend off mosquitoes – I felt like I was…
Reading Time: 5 minutes I was on the plane headed to Caracas, Venezuela from Madrid. My heart fluttered, as the magnitude of my adventure was starting to sink in. I couldn’t hear anyone on the plane speaking English as we began to leave the runway. Furthermore, my family thought I’d be just fine this time around. After all, from…
Reading Time: 5 minutes I’d just got knocked back from Oxford University and felt the whole thing was unfair. The main area I’d fallen down on was the Songs of Experience section of William Blake’s poetry. He was a master poet and I’d learnt extensively about his Songs of Innocence during the school term. Bishopshalt School where I was…