If there’s one thing that Londoner’s like to complain about, it’s transport. Buses get a bit of grief and trams have had a bad rap lately - but it’s the trains that really suck. There’s nothing quite like a train delay is there? Leaves on the track, wet weather, lightning strike hitting the signal, driver’s forgotten his lunch. You name it, it’s happened.

So perhaps it’s not very surprising that Stansted Express trains were can...

Imagination is a wonderful thing. 

As a child, it can be a blessing or a curse (a curse especially in the eyes of a parent). As some of us grow up our imagination gets weaker, for some, it gets stronger but it never disappears.

Each day we probably find ourselves drifting off in our imagination with little self-control, imagining as we travel to work, ordering a coffee, cooking the dinner or even working out. 

When I train m...

'The cheapest place to get to, but the most expensive when you're there'

After our first visit to Oslo 2 years ago, that was the impression we had after a boozy bank holiday weekend in August. That being said, and despite Cameron ironically suffering from a tight arse injury, when planning this year there was no way we were not going back to beautiful Oslo.

First challenge: Get to Oslo

Open to change, and getting bored of Ga...

Penge. Home of the 176 bus, a big Wilko’s and some of the strangest people in London. You might think that a classy organisation like RunEurope would choose to host its September fundraiser somewhere a little bit more trendy. Perhaps somewhere a little more central. “Where is Penge?”, our ticket-holders would ask. “Is it in the UK?” another guest enquired. The hesitation in attending was clear, with some of our friends and fam...

Dublin. The home of Guinness, Europe's biggest city park, Trinity college and me. Well for 18 months about 5 years ago, but it will always hold fond memories for me and a place I was once proud to call home.
Before living in Dublin I used to visit so much that my friends would say 'why don't you just move there'. So I did.

And so the seventh leg of our journey takes us to the Emerald Isle to take part in the Rock & Roll Dubli...

"I'm nervous" 

"So am I"

"This is the biggest one yet"

"We've never taken one on so big before"

"As long as we finish it that's all that matters"

Whilst this does sound like our usual conversation regarding the super-sized pizza we order, we were obviously talking about the upcoming race in Davos.

This was to be our only trail half marathon in the year and see us up against climbs of up to 610 meters.

It's safe to say we doubted ours...

Four months from the sunshine and buzz of Barcelona, we joined Jason and Cam for Skye. When the schedule was drawn up we always knew that Skye was one we had to attend. So we set off at 5am for our 12 hour drive up to Skye with Emma and James (James had been given special time off school to go to Skye and see his Uncle run in the half marathon, and was really excited about the trip). Throughout the journey in Scotland we were...

What gets you up in the morning?

Work, kids, religion, family, exercise, other daily commitments… all good reasons to hopefully make you rise and face the day with a smile on your face.

But for some reason, we find it easier to rise when we know we’re going travelling that morning. Travel makes us bound out of bed with energy we’re not usually accustomed to and accompanied by a smile which is somehow bigger than normal.

We even f...

“It is fatal to know too much at the outset. Boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as the novelist who is over-certain of his plot.” – Paul Thoreau

I read this quote recently and it instantly struck a cord. Interpretation of it is open to the reader, and despite my mother and I having understood it very differently, we but could also see each other's point of view. For me though, it sums up our RunEurope...