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South of France to Stockholm, Lap 05 – Race Day

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024
Peter
Adventures, Running

7th September The Big Day The culmination of three months of training, and the planning of our South to North journey across Europe. It was bound to have its thrills and spills – indeed, it had plenty of both. The

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South of France to Stockholm, Lap 04 – Copenhagen to Stockholm

September 8, 2024September 9, 2024
Peter
Adventures, Running

5th – 6th September Getting to the startline We were nearing the end of our 3,000 km overland journey from La Coste to Stockholm, due to arrive in the early afternoon, meeting up with Chris after midnight. The day before,

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South of France to Stockholm, Lap 03 – Osnabrück to Copenhagen

September 6, 2024September 6, 2024
Peter
Adventures, Running

3rd – 4th September A day on the rails Tuesday was a train day. First from Osnabrück to Hannover, then a second train from Hannover to Hamburg with the final third leg, a nearly 5 hour train journey to Copenhagen

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South of France to Stockholm, Lap 02 – Paris to Bielefeld (sort of)

September 4, 2024September 6, 2024
Peter
Adventures, Running

1st – 3rd September Our Bielefeld Diversion Sunday An 09:55 departure of the Eurostar (formerly Thalys) train saw us having a leisurely breakfast at our little Parisian hotel and a slow walk, favouring Lynne’s sore ribs, to Gare du Nord.

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South of France to Stockholm, Lap 01 – La Coste to Paris

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024
Peter
Adventures, Running

30th – 31st August 2024 Getting to Paris Friday morning saw us rise early and enjoy a light breakfast at La Coste, before taking the remnants of the fridge and fruit bowl with us for a travelling lunch. Closing the

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South of France to Stockholm, Lap 00 – Preamble

September 1, 2024September 23, 2024
Peter
Adventures, Running

Training our way to Stockholm – and back! After our jaunt to the Southern Ocean at the turn of the year, for us, 2024 has been occupied with catching up on neglected chores in London and La Coste: pay-back time

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Summer in the Southern Ocean 18, Reflections

January 22, 2024January 24, 2024
Peter
Southern Ocean 2024

28th Dec. 2023 – 19th Jan. 2024 Reflections on our Summer in the Southern Ocean We really enjoyed our previous visit to the Antarctic Peninsula, in 2018. We were determined then, that we would come again, but also include the

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Summer in the Southern Ocean 17, Homeward Bound

January 21, 2024January 22, 2024
Peter
Southern Ocean 2024

18th January 2024 We were up and dressed before Hannah’s last ship wake-up call. Breakfast was at 6.30am with our luggage collected while we were eating. An efficient disembarkation process meant our coach left for the airport at 8.01, exactly

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Summer in the Southern Ocean 16, Drake Passage

January 19, 2024January 24, 2024
Peter
Southern Ocean 2024

16th – 17th January 2024 Early dawn saw the Seaventure steam at a good pace in open sea, a few icebergs in the distance. It was a wistful, slow morning without any zodiac cruises or landings. Just two full days

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Summer in the Southern Ocean 15, Paradise Harbour revisited and Port Lockroy

January 16, 2024January 22, 2024
Peter
Southern Ocean 2024

15th January 2024 Paradise Harbour The ship’s alarm call was at 5.15am for an early breakfast with disembarkation starting at 6.30am. We remember Paradise Harbour from our last visit: the steep climb up in the snow and the bride and

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