Today was a very long day. Emotionally tough as well as physically demanding. On the bright side I got lots of free stuff! After waking up to all of my clothes being completely clean and dry thanks to Di, I noticed my chain was rusty from all of the rain last night, rolling through the little town of Carentan I found a small bike shop run by an old man. After a bit of pointing and my pigeon-French he came…
What a day I’ve had. I woke up at 0530 AM with huge excitement about the day ahead and a serious fear of missing my ferry. Grabbing a quick cup of tea, I set off down the route I planned the night before with only a few wrong turns in the pitch black of the night! Reaching the ferry I was questioned by police about having a stamp from Tanzania in my passport. After telling them I had climbed Mount Kilimanjaro a…
After a great night sleep I set off excited by the journey ahead; and to finish by seeing my friends at their house close to Bournemouth where I am currently staying (thanks Bonnie and Steve! – you have fed me well). Today was a day of being attacked by wasps: I was stung at the top of my chest when one flew into me, another bounced off my eye just after I managed to close it in time and another…
A couple of years ago I went on a trip to Eastern Europe to do two things. To experience the places that we have learnt about from history lessons and to visit possibly the most famous concentration camp: Auschwitz To trace back to my great-grandparent’s generation (on my father’s mother’s side) to their home expected to be in Chernigov (just north of Kiev) in the Ukraine This trip was extremely emotional and incredibly valuable to me; so much so that…