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• 246. London Marathon 2012 – every single step: running for Macmillan Cancer Support
  on Jun 5, 2012 in 2012 London racing the marathon journey London Marathon Macmillan Cancer Support marathon running
  1: Endangered species The vista is all but empty now, across the expanses of the open plain ahead. The sky is blue and cloudless, the temperature cool in the early morning as the huge animal lumbers slowly past me. I … Continue reading →...
• 246. London Marathon 2012 – every single step: running for Macmillan Cancer Support
  on Jun 5, 2012 in 2012 London racing the marathon journey London Marathon Macmillan Cancer Support marathon running
  1: Endangered species The vista is all but empty now, across the expanses of the open plain ahead. The sky is blue and cloudless, the temperature cool in the early morning as the huge animal lumbers slowly past me. I … Continue reading →...
• 245. London to Brighton, and back
  on Feb 16, 2012 in 2012 cycling Guildford London summer Surrey and Sussex
  Well, almost. London to Brighton to Guildford, anyway. Travelling home with the bike on the car roof was a comfortable way to rest weary legs after the London to Brighton Bike Ride. And then, somewhere along the bleak A23 south … Continue readi...
• 245. London to Brighton, and back
  on Feb 16, 2012 in 2012 cycling Guildford London summer Surrey and Sussex Brighton London to Brighton Bike Ride
  Well, almost. London to Brighton to Guildford, anyway. Travelling home with the bike on the car roof was a comfortable way to rest weary legs after the London to Brighton Bike Ride. And then, somewhere along the bleak A23 south … Continue readi...
• 244. A day in November – Occupy London 2011
  on Nov 15, 2011 in 2011 economics heroes history London politics winter November occupy protest St Paul's Cathedral
  (… with apologies to Sebastian Faulks). One day in November 2011. Two views of the City of London. 1) St Paul’s Cathedral, from the top floor of a major European bank; 2) The Occupy London protest. Down to Earth, in … Continue reading ͛...
• 243. Across two continents: Istanbul, Turkey
  on Aug 10, 2011 in 2011 divided by an ocean history summer travel Turkey Istanbul
  As I stand below the Blue Mosque in the early morning, the Call to Prayer is deafening, drowning out all the other senses and sending forth the unmistakeable message — Istanbul is an Islamic city. But this narrow street hides … Continue r...
• 242. The secret of Sandwich – British Open 2011
  on Jul 27, 2011 in 2011 golf heroes history summer
  A major tournament – contested on the best links I’ve played, and won by the gutsiest golfer I know. There could scarcely have been a better result to this year’s Open Championship. Amongst the courses on the British Open rota, … Continue...
• 241. Cuba 4: Cienfuegos – a pearl endures
  on Jul 1, 2011 in 2011 Cuba summer
  Daybreak, 250 km east of Havana. The sun is rising languidly above Cienfuegos as I take in the view of architectural wonders from the hotel roof. Far below me in the city’s famed central square, Plaza de Armas, stands a … Continue reading...
• 240. Rory McIlroy – US Open Champion and UNICEF Ambassador
  on Jun 21, 2011 in 2011 golf heroes summer united in a future
  Golf is a sport which can make you humble. Yet the new US Open champion had already learnt humility the hard way. In April, Rory McIlroy led a major championship for the third time in a row, starting the last … Continue reading →...
• 239. A goddess amidst the gorse — South Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  on Jun 2, 2011 in 2011 life and times Scotland summer travel
  The hotel may be still asleep, but by six o’clock a Scottish May morning is already in full swing. Outside the sky is clear and blue, the lawns still dew-swept and the rhododendron in full flower. At the end of … Continue reading →...

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