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Niche of Sakyamuni entering Nirvana

China Day 10

Travelling from Chengdu to Chongqing to board a cruise ship for the Yangtze river, we got to see some of then more rural side of the country once more.

April 23, 2012

Giant Panda

China Day 9

Today we got to see Giant Pandas and Red Pandas; the latter of which at least in the Internet-age have been nicknamed 'Firefox's. The day ended with a night at the Sichuan Opera.

April 22, 2012

Pagodas at sunset in Guilin

China Day 8

Another day with a bit of travelling so that by midnight we'd be in Chengdu for the next set of sights. During the day the most memorable part was cruising along the Li River.

April 21, 2012

Recent Trips

Cyprus
I didn't expect to be going back to Cyprus for a third time; though the timing of the marathon there, and knowing the conditions for it there would be warmer than in the UK made it a good choice. Carm…

Denmark
At the start of our Super Halfs journey, we set off for Copenhagen to do the first in this six race series that spans Europe. It was a chance for us both to explore a city neither of us had been to be…

Vienna
> “And I’ll dance with you in Vienna, I’ll be wearing a river’s disguise. The hyacinth wild on my shoulder my mouth on the dew of your thighs. And I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photograph…

Hungary
Budapest is a city my sister has wanted to visit for several years as she thought "the buildings look cool". Having changed my mind about returning to Greece just yet, I decided this would be a good o…

Cyprus
My first trip to Cyprus had been for a half marathon race that never took place. It'd been postponed until 2022, but due to timings I decided to defer until the 2023 event as it'd work better that way…

More Trips…

Recent Races

Northolt 10K

Leicester Half Marathon
Another week, another half marathon. Could I edge closer to being a sub-90 runner again, and beat Copenhagen and Cardiff? I certainly wasn't sure, but I was going to give it a go.…

Principality Cardiff Half Marathon
The second of the Super Half series, and one as close to home as we'd get. Though maybe races being closer to home don't always mean they're going to be easier to get to...…

The Big Half

Rutland 10K

More Running…


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