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Obersalzberg

Germany Day 8

Whilst places aren't evil, sometimes the evil actions of despicable people taint those places. Obersalzberg is one of those places that I felt needed to be seen whilst I was in the area.

October 1, 2021

Neuschwanstein Castle

Germany Day 7

Today was all about the building projects of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, starting off with Linderhof, and moving on to the magnificent Neuschwanstein Castle.

September 30, 2021

Dachau Concentration Camp

Germany Day 6

Today I moved on from Leipzig, to Munich and visited the horrific site of the Dachau Concentration Camp. This was then followed by exploring Munich, and trying some more German food.

September 29, 2021

Recent Trips

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…

Jordan
I've dreamt of visiting Petra since I'd learnt the place I'd seen watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was a real place, and located in Jordan. It wasn't used as Petra in the film, but was the …

Italy
> “In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly lo…

Guernsey
For my first trip of 2022, I was heading to the Bailiwick of Guernsey for a 36 mile ultra marathon around the island. As with any other trip to a new place, of course I'd try to get in as much tourism…

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Recent Races

Leicester's Big 10K

Hillingdon 20
After running this race last year, I thought: "never again". Hilly by name, hilly by nature, and 20 miles of it was just more than I felt was needed. However, after deciding to do GU36 one more time, …

High Performance London Half

Bramley 20

MK Winter Half Marathon

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