London Marathon 2014

Spectator Line: Westminster, Mile 25 Backdrop: Big Ben Four hours. Tears, sweat and elation. Not theirs, mine. I made a detour on the road, it was time to make a dream come true. Watching the London Marathon was an unexpected opportunity and it turned out to be the best few hours on the road so far. I…

Eerie Encounters – SW England

Bath, Glastonbury, Wells, Stonehenge, Salisbury I've heard it beaten to death that Stonehenge is not impressive. I disagree. Stonehenge - seen just as a monument - is not tall, wide, cavernous, colourful, gilded, carved or any other kind of awe inspiring structure. But when I dug deep into when, where and why it came to be,…

Countryside Capers – Cotswold Villages

Chipping Campden, Stow-on-the-Wold, Moreton-in-Marsh and in between It was time to leave the city behind. The English countryside that I had heard so much about beckoned with names that were a mouthful. As I hopped off the train from London at a middle-of-nowhere tiny train station and looked for the bus to Chipping Campden, I…