So, here I give you 3 reasons why I love travelling alone for those I meet that clearly feel sorry for the wee lonely girl driving around Africa on her own! Having just finished off a 1000km solo road trip across the Cape, the above question is definitely the most common thing I’ve been asked…
Tag: Running
Runner turned yogi
It’s been a year. A year injured, a year of no running and a year of throwing my trainers across my flat in a fit of rage (ok, I only did that once, but it was memorable all the same) and a year not blogging about running. So I thought I’d mix it up cos…
Top 5 Adventurous activities in South East Asia
SE Asia blog… despite currently being in Central America!
My latest holiday destination suggestion for you
Sri Lanka. It seems to be the holiday destination on everyone’s lips right now, and so, after spending two weeks on the sunny island off the south coast of India, I thought I’d give you my five highlights of my trip … The weather. It’s amazing and you can find a sunny side of the…
5 surprising things Indians ask me
In total I’ve spent about three months in India split between three separate trips, I’ve come to learn there’s a few things Indians want to know: “Your country?” An old one but a good one. More than any other country in the world Indians want to know where I’m from. “Scotland” is often met with…
Get out of bed and run!! Sweating it out in Mumbai
Admittedly it was with great laziness I dragged myself out of bed to run Mumbaikars’ most favoured spot this morning (Mumbaikar = someone hailing from Mumbai, I love that word so thought I’d casually drop it in), but force myself I did because it was my third and final day in India’s most cosmopolitan city…
The Brussels Attacks and me (running, obvs)
On Tuesday 22nd March 2016 three coordinated suicide bombings occurred in Brussels. Guess where I was for the first time? Yep, Brussels. And guess what I was doing? Yep, running. So as you probably know by now I use running as my way of getting to know somewhere and see more in a shorter period…
Running the red roads of Africa
15 months I ago I declared scottishgirlrunsafrica would be the next trip… And so with great excitement I packed my trainers up along with 9kg of all the other usual crap I stuff into my 50l rucksack, half of which is invariably completely inappropriate or not suitable for the climate I’m headed to. Also, I…
My 5 worst running experiences
It’s been a while since I blogged, but at the moment I’m on jury service so I’ve loads of time to read, think, blog and generally wait around while I wait for my name to be called for another murder trial, fraud trial or drugs trial… I thought I’d do a top 5 list, they…
Goodbye 2015…Hen Parties, Weddings and Running… Top 3
January came and went…. I wasn’t ready! So here I am at the start of February reminiscing of my running travels since returning to the UK in April 2015. Summer came and went with the usual flurry of hen parties and weddings but Amongst the Pimms and prosecco I managed a good bit of running…
5 things you want to know…
Well… maybe you don’t… but as I am on the last day of my 6 month round the world trip I thought I’d answer the questions I’ve been asked most by friends, locals and travellers alike in the past few months… 1. How much did you pay for your ticket? £2274 ($3400) for a one year round…
Runner vs Surfer
After a month of zero running in Guatemala I have high hopes for redeeming myself in El Salvador. All things Salvadoran don’t get off to a great start however when I end up hitting the Guatemala / El Salvador border at 9 o´clock at night (number one rule of travelling: avoid borders at night, especially in Central…
Scottish Girl Runs 