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Wandering the World

Stories and tips from around the world.

Switzerland

A Tale of Two Cities

A few days spent in Switzerland as 2019 began. I got to see the sights of Geneva and Zurich, and then experienced delay after delay trying to get home: snow, emergency ascents, baggage collection, and tube trains with technical difficulties…

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United Nations Office of Geneva with flags of member nations on flagpoles in front

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Recent Trips

Prague
> “Prague won’t let go. Not you, not me. This little mother has claws. One has to adapt to that, or -. We would have had to burn it down from two sides, at Vyšehrad and at Hradčany, and then we might …

Valencia
The fourth city in our Super Half journey would be our second of 2025, and a much needed break after a busy year. As the race day approached, Carmen started to feel her foot play up again, and Valenci…

Lyon
My third time visiting France, and only the second city I've visited there. This was an unexpected chance to explore a little more, whilst also being around to support Carmen as she competed in the Eu…

Rwanda
My fourth Impact Marathons adventure was a trip to Rwanda where we would learn about the work Chance for Childhood do in communities there, the conservation work of the Rwandan Wildlife Conservation A…

Berlin
In the year that would see the 275th anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach's, we would be heading to Berlin for the half marathon. > "One can profit there much more than in any other pl…

More Trips…

Recent Races

Westonbirt House Christmas 10K

Northolt 10K

Westminster Mile

Phoenix Running Track Wars IXXX - Legends Marathon
Another autumn marathon meant once again training through a hot summer, to prepare for my third marathon of 2025.…

Asics LDN X
We decided to do the inaugural LDN X race in Wembley. It sounded like it was going to be a fun event, but on the day, we could see things that didn't seem very well thought out.…

More Running…


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