Being The Change…
We wandered up the little street, that we had run along only a few hours earlier… We were in search of some lunch… Instead of empty quiet, we now dodged weaving mopeds, a donkey pulling a cart, crowds wandering too … Read More
Make No One Your Authority…
I woke just after 6am, with the light gently filtering translucent blue yellow through our window, I lay enjoying the feel of silence… We had gone to sleep with the sounds of Marrakech still reverberating around, bikes roaring past, the … Read More
Synchronicity, Chance Encounters and Coincidences…
And now Anadi and I are at Gatwick…I am in Costa writing, and Anadi is in a meeting… It feels a bit like time travel… The journey from Devon to here took only four hours… We left at 6am, in … Read More
Cream Tea Quest…
Supporting Josie in her quest to ‘not do an Ironman’ is proving to be a very serious endurance experience for Jane and I… So far we have completed day two of our ‘cream tea eating challenge’, and we have returned … Read More
Occasionally Stumble Over the Truth…
Anadi and I ran together for a last run on our endless beach… The playa with a timeless feel to it, so easy to cover the miles… Today we spotted six other barefoot runners, brown bodies, brown feet blending with … Read More
The Earth’s Energy Moving Through our Bodies…
On Monday night I went to sleep on the west coast of Spain, Tuesday bedtime came in Malaga, last night I went to sleep on the ninth floor of the Premier Inn at Gatwick airport and tonight I am lying … Read More
Keep Travelling, Keep Exploring…
I am just back from a rather typical ‘Julia shopping trip’… I gave my last pair of trousers to Maggie, who the Zen runners know because she did all the organising of hotels, travel, trips, everything I needed… She is … Read More
The ‘Ouchie’ Path…
All my life I have been someone who has been known for treading the ‘naughty path’… I remember being away alone in Tenerife one Christmas… I had just arrived and was getting my bearings… Which way to run? My neighbours … Read More
Let Go of the Created Self to Reveal the True Self
The mountains are so raw and unyielding; and yet so embracing and inviting… This is our fifth visit here and we have more measure of them now… We know how to work in harmony with their energy and presence; to … Read More
My Feet Record It All…
The sound of the cicadas was deafening as we stepped out of the car into a blanket of late afternoon heat… We were half way up the winding mountain road and needed a quick pit stop, we’d been travelling since … Read More