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The northern tip of Scotland: dramatic cliffs & stunning sea views.
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John O’Groats, a charming village set in the untamed landscapes of the Scottish Highlands, is celebrated for its stunning coastal beauty.
The village itself, with its captivating vistas of the North Sea, is a popular destination for tourists and adventurers, often marking the start or finish of epic Land's End to John O’Groats journeys.
The iconic signpost, symbolizing distances to various global destinations, continues to be a beloved feature of the area, inviting visitors to soak in the raw, unspoiled allure of this remote Scottish outpost.
Just a stone's throw from John O’Groats, to the west, lies Dunnet Head, which claims the title of being the true northernmost point.
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"Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination".
Wild Geese, Mary Oliver.
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Alan Kingsbury (British , b.1960)
JOHN O'GROATS TO LAND'S END
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Re your last post: that's such a mood. Did you know you could drive across the England in 8 hours? The entire UK from the top of Scotland to Portsmouth in 12?? It's wild. No wonder they had so many wars they were claustrophobic.
losing my mind. the longest traversal distance across the UK by road is from Land's End in Cornwall to John o'Groats in Scotland, which traditionally measures 874 miles. that takes most cyclist 10-14 of travel, and the top record for runners is 9 days. the straight-line distance is 600 miles, and no part of the UK is less than 75 miles from the sea.
no wonder they have weird terms of measurement like 'fortnite.' like yeah, if I could run across the country in a fortnite, I guess that'd be a useful metric of time for me too. look at this shit.
one time my friend had to patiently explain to me - and in my defense, I may or may not have been psychotic because this is exactly the kind of stupid thing I try to argue about while psychotic - why the Brits don't simply address their high cost of living by expanding the cities and suburbs. he tells me that there is simply not enough land for sale. I claim there's always land for sale somewhere, even if it needs to be made habitable. he explains that no, really, all the countryside is being used for like farming and whatnot. I continue to insist that there's gotta be undeveloped land not being actively used. we go like this in circles until he is eventually able to beat it into me that unlike Texas, Britain is an island surrounded by water.
anyway Britain is a wild fucking place because it's SO OLD but, unlike countries like Italy and Greece, most of their ancient and even medieval architecture is gone (well, recycled). so they've got prehistoric Stone Age stuff like Stonehenge and then early modern and next to nothing in-between. so not only can you run across the country in a fortnite, but all the shit you pass by on the way is like from Early Modern era tops and a million fucking Stone Age megaliths. bizarre country.
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Two birthdays today from the film industry, I don’t know much about either , but they were only born a year apart on January 8th.
Happy Birthday Gillies MacKinnon, born in Glasgow in 1948.
After studying mural painting at Glasgow School of Art, he became an art teacher and professional cartoonist, and spent six months travelling with a nomadic tribe in the Sahara, what an adventure that must have been!
He studied at Middlesex Polytechnic in the 1970s and the National Film and Television School in the early 1980s. His graduation short Passing Glory, an austere recreation of the Glasgow of his youth, was premiered at the 1986 Edinburgh International Film Festival, where it won the first Scottish Film Prize.
He then went on two direct two projects for BBC 2’S Screen Two, Small Faces, about three teenage brothers, in a downtrodden section of 1960’s Glasgow and The Grass Arena the true story of John Healy, a boxer turned alcoholic turned chess master portrayed by Mark Rylance. The film won several prizes, including the Edinburgh Film Festival’s Michael Powell Award for Best British Film.
MacKinnon also directed notable TV shows including, Trial and Retribution and George Gently. More recently he directed the TV film Torvill and Dean, and the latest version of Whisky Galore.
I recommend his latest work, a film called The Last Bus…….Life is a journey and The Last Bus takes pensioner Tom Harper (Timothy Spall) on an epic trip from the remote village he calls home, back to the place where he was born. The film also stars our very own Phyllis Logan, in it Spall uses his free bus pass to travel from John O'Groats to Land’s End in Cornwall, It's a joyful film that is also sad in places.
The second birthday boy is Iain Smith was born in Glasgow in 1949, and graduated from the London Film School in 1971.
He worked in London for several years before returning to his native Scotland to make “My Childhood”, for the British Film Institute, the first of the award winning trilogy.
He formed his own production company in partnership with Jon Schorstein and produced television commercials, documentaries, children’s feature films and low budget dramas, and in 1978 production managed Bertrand Tavernier’s “Deathwatch” starring Romy Schneider and Harvey Keitel. A year later he joined David Puttnam and Hugh Hudson to make “Chariots of Fire” starring Ian Charleson and Ben Cross.
Smith has worked with some of the best actors in Hollywood, including Julia Roberts in Mary Reilly, Robert De Niro in the Mission and Spygame with Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. His most famous Scottish work is arguably as an associate producer of Local Hero. He alson worked on some Hollywood titles including The Fifth Element, The A Team(movie) and The Killing Fields.
Iain Smith has served on the boards of the UK Film Council, Scottish Screen, the Joint board of Creative Scotland, the Scottish Film Council, the Scottish Film Production Fund, the Scottish Film Training Trust as a Governor of the National Film and Television School, a director of the Children’s Film and Television Foundation, and as Chair of the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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Day Ninety-eight
14 weeks in now! And today is a doubke milestone day!
Up with the dawn light to start getting prepped to hit the road once more at the hostel by St Just this morning. The wind has finally died down and it's another beautiful sunny day ahead.
Out from the hostel and up into the hills I go, heading south past Land's End airport for a brief stint on the A30 to roll on down to the iconic Land's End.
That is the west coast done! And having ridden through John O'Groates back at the start of July, I guess this could count as riding JOGLE at a stretch haha.
I have a good soak in of the impressive views and make surento grab an obligatory photo with the signpost, before getting back in the saddle and back to it.
A little up the A30, I head off onto the B3315 to take the path around the south stretch of the coastline, up and down plenty of hills as the road twists it's way along to reach Mount Bay at Mousehole.
The view across the bay in the clear day is simply beautiful, with St Michael's Mount glinting in the sun.
It's a fantastic route ahead for a while as the road leads down around the bay, past the harbour at Newlyn and into the town of Penzance.
The waterfront is filled with plenty of other tourists making the most of the amazing weather, and past the train station there's a lovely off-traffic path to ride right along the seafront all the way to Marazion.
Past the beach here, the road begins a steady climb up and up to join onto the busy A394 as it heads around the coast to Helston. There's not much option but to get the legs pumping and sweat it out as the miles tumble by, but thankfully the gradients of the numerous climbs aren't too bad.
With a big drop down into Helston, there is of course an accompanying steep climb back up to switch off onto the slightly less busy A3083 as ut leads past RNAS Culdrose and begins a long trek south along the peninsula here.
It's another day of heavy work in the beating sun ad I keep on pedalling down the road, but with a bit more sweat and effort the road eventually leads down to the little town of Lizard, with a descent down to the cliffsides to bring me to Lizard Point, the most southerly extreme point of Great Britain.
Along with Lowestoft Ness, Dunnet Head, and Corrachadh Mòr, I've now been to all four of the cardinal extremes of the island!
Damn that's one hell of a milestone to chalk off! Whilst I knew it'd inevitably happen as a part of this journey, it's still sinking in a bit to have gotten that done.
There's still a good bit of light left in the day yet though, so after a short break to grab some precious shade from the heat of the sun, it's back out from Lizard and onto the road once more.
I turn off the A road at Mount Hermon to head around into the Lizard Heritage Coast, with lots of wide moorland covering the landscape.
With the roads further east looking pretty horrible for navigation, I start slogging a bit more northerly to roll past the farm plains by Travoe, before having a nice charge along the B road to stop by the awesome satellite array at Goonhilly Earth Station.
keeping on the B3293, I head past Garras and turn off to head down into a beautiful forested valley full of tributaries to the nearby Helford River, before crossing it at Gweek.
It's more climbing up from here as the road heads up between some dense farmland on its way east to get back to the coast once more.
After spying a bridleway on the slog uphill, I had a chance investigation and managed to find a reasonable little sheltered nook around here, so with all the miles and heat of today I think it's time to call it there.
What a day! It feels almost scarily like approaching the home stretch now I'm on to the south coast. There's still a good few hundreds of miles to go yet of course, and the West Country will keep on being challenging awhile yet, but the miles are ticking down.
TTFN!
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📺 - best podcast to binge and 🧹 - best podcast to do chores to :)
📺 - I'm not necessarily a binger just in general, but one show I did listen to in almost one go was Doctor Who: Redacted
🧹 - Honestly I will listen to anything whilst doing work that doesn't require the same concentration uhhh the Beef and Dairy Network is a very good background noise show that, if you don't listen too hard to the words, sounds exactly like a BBC news report. It's a dark comedy where sometimes the plot is "man drives backwards from Lands End to John O'Groats" and sometimes "man gets cow's face forcibly sewn onto his own"
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Interview: George Ezra
Superstar singer-songwriter George Ezra has turned a three-month walk into a streaming sensation. Here's the story behind his journey from End to End.
Interview: Nick Hallissey
Photos: Lucy Zilberkweit PR
The funny thing about End to End, says George Ezra, is that he doesn't really know how to describe it.
"It's a weird one. There's music, there's friendship, there's a bit of biography... but there's also hiking. A lot of hiking. I'm not sure how you tell people all of that quickly."
Whatever the film is, it has swiftly become one of the first streaming sensations of 2023, earning adoring reviews for its humour, heart and honesty. It follows George and his friends Adam Scarborough and Christy Tattershall as they hike from Land's End to John O'Groats the scenic way, covering 1215 miles over 95 days in the strange post-lockdown summer of 2021.
As George says, it's a film with a lot of angles. Partly it helps George make sense of the whirlwind of his recent life, from first single Budapest in 2013 through hits such as Blame It On Me and the all-conquering Shotgun, with the attendant craziness of world tours. It's also a launchpad for his most recent album, Gold Rush Kid, which produced the massive hit Green Green Grass.
It's also a story of a nation emerging from lockdown. The trio met musicians who are finally able to contemplate the return of live performance -- and do so as part of the film, including the adorable Fisherman's Friends in Port Isaac and the elfin Kinnaris Quartet in Glencoe.
But it's also -- in fact, mostly -- about three mates on a walk. Yes, there's a belting soundtrack, but the abiding soundscape is George Ezra laughing out loud. A lot.
"I laughed on that walk more than I've ever laughed about anything," he says with pride. "You can't see that much beauty, in the company of two friends I genuinely love, and not react with joy. We didn't fall out, not once. Yes we'd have hours or days where one of us might talk less, or we'd spread out a bit, but that was the great thing: it all balanced out; the conversation and the quiet.
That said, the film doesn't shirk from honesty. There are points where things get grim -- especially in the days of remote, trackless and midge-ridden mountain bog between Fort William and Altnaharra. But even then, George and co manage to find joy when they least expect it.
"When we reached a high pass after a day walking through that dismal, wet bowl of a valley somewhere, and we finally got to look back, it all made sense," he says.
"You realise you have to go through that to get to this. It's beautiful, and you can only see it by walking. Anyway, you can't have a whole film just saying 'THIS IS GREAT!' because that's not true, and anyone who goes walking will know that." Walking first became a big part of George's life in 2014. After a long solo journey around Europe finding inspiration for his first album, he decided the best way to decompress and process his experiences was to go for a big walk.
"On a complete whim, I took two and a half weeks and walked the Cotswold Way. I stayed above little pubs and a local company ferried my luggage," he explains.
"It was so good, just to live life at that slow pace and enjoy what was around me. I loved my guidebook too, because it told me everything about the landmarks, and that really fascinated me -- the points of interest, not just the way to go." But actually, he reflects, it might all have started way before that.
"When I was a kid we walked a fair bit. Dad would take us to Snowdon and afterwards he'd hand out the certificates saying 'well done -- you climbed Snowdon!' For years I didn't realise he made them himself. I thought everyone got them." All these experiences fed into the End to End project. From Exmoor to Offa's Dyke, from the Peaks to the Highlands: not only is the filming beautiful, but you can see George eagerly gobbling up information from his Cicerone guidebook, Walking the End to End Trail.
And George's dad has a wonderful cameo during a phone call for Father's Day. "What's your advice, Dad?" asks George, to which Dad immediately replies: "Just put one foot in front of the other, son, and keep smiling."
Among George's personal highlights are High Cup in the Pennines, which he describes on camera as "the most incredible thing I've ever seen". "The guidebook said it was coming but we didn't appreciate what it was going to be," says George. "Christy was flying the drone as we got close to it, and he flew it ahead over the edge. He got vertigo just looking at the camera screen and had to sit down. Then we hit it for real and it was sensational. The frustration is you can't communicate just how vast it is on any camera. You need people to go there and see it."
Likewise Conic Hill, with its first, vast view over Loch Lomond. On film, George declares it "the best view of the walk so far".
"The truth is we probably each said that 200 times along the walk and that's just the one that made the cut," he confides to CW.
"I'm the worst, because I have a tendency to be a bit puppydog about things. But that is a really special place. It's moments like that where it just hits you: all this is free. It's out here waiting for us to find it."
George also remarks in the film that the walk is a way of equipping himself to handle the anxieties of touring and recording. And, he says, it's worked. "There are these moments of panic when you look at the amount of travel you'll be doing over a month, or you worry that you're not in control of your life," he tells CW.
"But this time, thanks to the walk, I've been able to take a breath and go, 'yeah, but it's fine'. The journey will be what it's going to be, and I'm fine with that."
The best thing is, the experience has left George hungry for more.
"As we were approaching John O'Groats each of us said we're never doing this again, and then within about a fortnight of getting home I started thinking the opposite. I'm now fairly sure at some point I will do it again."
Better still, he hopes the feeling might just be infectious.
"There's so much I love about the film, but one of my hopes is that it might inspire a few people to get out with friends and go for a walk. You don't need to hike the length of the country, there are amazing walks everywhere. Wherever you are, whoever you can find, just go."
George Ezra: End to End is available on Prime Video now. For album details, tour dates and festival appearances, visit georgeezra.com
THREE QUICK QUESTIONS
If you could go walking with anyone, alive or dead, who might it be and why?
Ernest Shackleton, the Antarctic explorer. Before the walk I read the book Endurance, and I kind of carried it with me. I just think anything I could experience on a hike, he would have weathered ten times over and he'd just be like, 'pull yourself together, come on, let's go'.
Is there a particular place where you think, 'yep, I'm happy here'?
I love the long, empty beaches on the north Norfolk coast. And almost anywhere along the West Highland Way.
What's the best walking snack?
One of the crew on the film was a friend called Meg. She's a fantastic baker and occasionally she'd make us this banana bread that had an entire bar of Galaxy as the base. Anytime we had that, it was bliss.
Source: Country Walking
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We can just imagine this Unlikely Scenario with Yogi Bear's plundering of tourist goodies antics back in Jellystone Park:
That of Yogi being invited by a couple of British visitors to the United States, having hired a caravan for an extended caravanning holiday, spending some time in Jellystone and inviting Yogi to tea.
Which, he is surprised to learn, is more in the vein of American supper, yet tea is considered the primary beverage (although among the more sophisto types, teatime between Land's End and John O'Groats is more likely to feature finger sandwiches and sweet biacuits).
How Ranger Smith is bound to react ...
Hopefully, some of you will likely understand the differences between British and American English slipped into this piece, especially such as have spent time in England's Green and Pleasant Land. If not, do leave your comments.
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Merseysiders To Tandem Ride Britain To Raise Money For Charity
Naked eco-warriors were spotted nude tandem riding in Southport during the Jubilee celebrations at the weekend!
Two Merseysiders to tandem ride Britain to raise money for charity were spotted training during the Jubilee celebrations in Southport this weekend.
The couple rode through the busy town centre on a tandem bike and even waved for camera filming them.
People enjoying the Platinum Jubilee celebrations on Lord Street in Southport may have been excused for the major distraction that was about to occur.
And one person driving past the naked pair even managed to capture a video of the man and the woman, which since went viral on social media.
LAND'S END TO JOHN O'GROATS
Sharon Rimmer said: 'We were driving through Southport town centre last night about 7:15pm down Lord Street.
'We slowed down to ask them what they were doing and they said they were cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats for charity.'
The bike ride through Southport was said to be a practice ahead of their big ride to raise money for Rewilding Britain.
Rewilding Britain works at 'restoring ecosystems' to a point where nature can maintain itself again, as well as for the mental health charity MIND.
The people involved are from the naturist group Free Wilders who encourage rewilding across the country.
FREE WILDERS
Posting on their Facebook, they said: 'Fab practice ride to Southport today.
'Today was about testing our lovely merino saddle covers made by Queen Barry Tannery!
'Check out our mission later this month, 1000 miles naked for Rewild Britain and Mind.'
The 874-mile trip will take place later this month, with the two people cycling north to south and two others cycling south to north, in a bid to raise as much money as possible.
To aid then, Colin and Sadie, the two cyclists spotted in Merseyside, have started a Fundraiser to raise money for their equipment, with the pair expecting the trip to take around two weeks as they take their time throughout the journey.
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I am trekking from Lands end to John O'Groats raising money for men's health. Over 1000 miles, please donate and help me prevent suicide in men.
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John O'Groats Restaurant, Los Angeles, 2/8/24
exterior – 10516 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064
John O’Groats Restaurant was opened in 1982 by Angelica and Robert Jacoby, with he as cook and she as waitress for a 20-seat counter place. They served only breakfast and lunch so they could still have dinner at home with their 2 sons. After 2 years they moved to a different location while son Paul Tyler was studying restaurant administration.…
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It's been a hard struggle , but I'm just one day away from John o'Groats !
I should get there tomorrow if I turn back now.
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Day Thirty-one
It's July! And a day ahead with some big milestones!
Had a nice soft comfy forest floor at Thrumster for angood night's sleep, filled up on breakfast, and it's off on the road once more a little after 9am.
After checking over the route followed yesterday, I'd clocked in a little over 60 miles with a wopping 1000m of ascent! I figure this may warrant a gentler day, but we know how that usually goes...
The air is a bit more chill this morning so the waterproofs are on before the get go to provide a bit more warmth, but they're going to be well needed over today.
A slight tailwind gives a nice easy cruise over to the town of Wick to stock up on a few more supplies and then it's time to push up the last of the east coast.
Heading out from Wick on the A99, the clouds begin to roll in heavily enough to darken the day almost as much as the night gets up here, and soon the rains descend whilet the earlier tailwind becomes a nasty sidewind.
As I get round to Westerloch the weather really begins in earnest, and soon it's sheeting down with the high winds strong enough to cause the rain to sting in my face. It's cold but there's not exactly a wealth of shelter around here, and I figure my best bet at keeping warm is to keep the legs pumping.
The terrain grants my desires as some nice big hills are once more thrown in the way, with a big long geins uphill needed before the sea appeara over the crest.
And with a short glide downhill from the summit, John O'Groates is reached!
It's been a good few years since I last made it up here but it's amazing to be back all the same. I post up in Stacks coffee house to warm up and dry off a little, before the weather finally clears and I'm treated to some sun and blue skies to dry off a little.
I opt for a good break here, recovering from the slog and having a good chat with other riders heading in from and to various locations. The place is a bit of a Mecca for cycling in the UK and there's plenty of smiles, congratulations, and wellwishing going around.
Arriving here marks the end of the run up the East coast! It's time to swing westward and tackle the North shore.
Whilst the rain has departed, the wind hasn't, and heading west out of John O'Groates sends us into a mighty headwind, which at times even means having to put some effort into the downhill stretches and makes it difficult to get above walking pace on the flats. It's a fine day otherwise though, with some beautiful views of the Orkney Islands rising out of the very blue sea to the north.
Further along there's another brutal challenge for the day, with a combination of a 4 mile ascent into the wind which takes a hell of a lot of effort.
At the top of the climbs though, Dunnet Head! The very northernmost point of Great Britain! The views up here are spectacular, with the cliffs below making me swear aloud when I first see them.
That makes two of the cardinal extremes of the island now visited!
Whilst the sun has been out a good while so far, there's a truly massive front of weather very clearly coming in towards me, and the forecast says it may be big enough to keep going until Monday, so despite it being just 6pm by the time I get to Dunnet Head, I figure it's a good plan to find somewhere a bit more sheltered to post up for the night.
Thankfully, all the slogging uphill means a terrific 4 mile zoom back down the road, and with a little more coasting past Dunnet Bay I've a bit of a sheltered spot to allow me to change into some warmer clothes and start getting some hot food in me.
One of the benefits of this journey being flexibility, I think that'll do for today's journeying and will reasses what the plan is for tomorrow in the morning.
TTFN!
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Sara Crosland - Author, Adventure Lover, Endurance Athlete (Running from Land’s End to John O’Groats) and Founder of The Beyond Recovery Project.
“On 5th September 2022, full of excitement for what lay ahead, I began my run from Land’s End to John O’Groats to show others that despite life throwing curveballs our way we can still achieve. I intended to cover a distance of 40-50 miles a day for 20 days, a total of approximately 855 miles, aiming to become the world’s fastest female, with single-sided deafness, to complete this journey by foot. However, after 4 days of running in continual torrential rain, things went very wrong on day 5."
During this episode Sara shares more about her run from Lands End to John O’Groats, the challenges, the setbacks and how she moved forward after failure. We discuss in detail her recovery, the changes she made and how she moved forward and tried again.
This is an episode about endurance running, passion for making a difference and never giving up.
Sara is a brain tumour survivor who is giving back.
“Brain tumours kill more adults and children under the age of 40 than any other cancer, yet historically just 1% of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to this disease.”
Sara is fundraising for British Acoustic Neuroma Association and Manchester Skull Base Foundation (FBT).
Sara is also the founder of: The Beyond Recovery Project.
“It's all about bringing together others on the same or similar journey, creating a ‘safe’ space and sense of community, where brain tumour survivors can share experiences and discover how to push beyond the physical and psychological barriers they face together. It's very much nature based, so walks, hikes, challenges. Lots of talking therapy - because you can't beat sharing what you're going through with someone else who has been in that place. It also aims to bridge the gap in some services post treatment, when you're considered ‘fixed’.”
Upcoming events in 2024
May - Toubkal with a group of brain tumour survivors
June - Hiking the Langtang valley, Nepal.
September - The Wadi Rum Ultra (now known as Ultra X Jordan). 220km over 5 days in the Wadi Rum desert.
We first spoke with Sara: 15th March 2022 - Overcome fear and achieve your potential. Author of #SickbedToSummits.
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Who is Sara
Planning a 20-day route from Lands End to John O'Groats
Accepting a Guinness World Record for single-sided hearing loss due to category limitations
Training and preparation for a 1,000-mile run
Working with an endurance coach and focusing on physical and psychological preparation
Sacrificing much of their life to train and prepare for the event
Balancing family, work, training, and self-care
Feeling ready and focused on the starting line
Sharing their experience of the first day of the run
Experiencing a torrential downpour and strong winds during a marathon
Having discomfort and difficulty with balance and hearing
Challenges of running in adverse weather conditions
Having single-sided deafness due to a brain tumour
Struggling with balance issues, tinnitus, and fatigue during their training
Mindfulness training and how it helped in coping with the challenges
A challenging endurance run with physical setbacks
Experiencing extreme fatigue and the need to take naps to cope
Having a traumatic toenail incident
Struggling with hip flexor pain and later developing a painful left shin injury
Continuing to push through and finish their planned distance
Struggles with disappointment after injury and ends up running career goals
Missing an opportunity and struggling with the mindset shift towards rehab
The importance of treating rehab as training
Accountability and consistency in the recovery process
Resuming running after an injury and nutrition strategies
Running again in mid-November 2022 after a break
Being diagnosed with an iron deficiency in January 2023
Running a half-marathon despite injury and iron deficiency
Second attempt at charity bike ride after setbacks
Feeling physically and mentally drained during the second attempt
Focusing on the present moment and what is directly in front of them
Paul Betteridge and Aimee Tippins running 50 miles in horrendous weather
Being joined by her friend Andrew Reed, she connected via the British Acoustic Neuroma Association
Experiencing persistent pain in her Achilles tendon during her running journey
Using a bike as a backup plan to get to John O'Groats to manage the pain
Reflects on post-marathon life, feeling lost and struggling to readjust
Working on a project called "Beyond Recovery"
Overcoming self-doubt and fear after a brain tumour diagnosis through adventure
Lack of support for brain tumour survivors during their recovery process
Setting up The Beyond Recovery Project
Her journey of creating a Community Interest Company (CIC) to address gaps in brain tumour recovery services
Final words of advice from Sara
Social Media
Website: www.saracrosland.com
Instagram: @saracrosland https://www.instagram.com/e3coach/
Facebook: @saracrosland https://www.facebook.com/sara.crosland
The Beyond Recovery Project CIC is a non profit community interest organisation improving lives of brain tumour survivors.
Website: www.thebeyondrecoveryproject.org
Facebook: facebook.com/TheBeyondRecoveryProject
Instagram: @TheBeyondRecoveryProject
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