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GR | Eur 125 | Tur 6 Çorlu to Selimpasa ‐ Oct 5, 2022

50.5 km

↗️ 411 m

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GR | Eur 124 | Tur 5 Lüleburgaz to Çorlu ‐ Oct 4, 2022

48.4 km

↗️ 454 m

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GR | Eur 123 | Tur 4 Babaeski to Lüleburgaz ‐ Oct 3, 2022

22.5 km

↗️ 240 m

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GR | Eur 122 | Tur 3 Edge of Edirne to Babaeski (Part 1) London Marathon Special ‐ Oct 2, 2022

42.2 km

↗️ 531 m

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GR | Eur 122 | Tur 3 Edge of Edirne to Babaeski (Part 2)

3.1 km

↗️ 4 m

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GR | Eur 121 | Tur 2 Edirne to, errr, the edge of Edirne ‐ Oct 1, 2022

9.3 km

↗️ 21 m

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GR | Eur 120 | Tur 1 Svilengrad (Bul) to Edirne (Tur) ‐ Sep 30, 2022

32.5 km

↗️ 124 m

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Backtracking! Not Part of Route! ‐ Sep 29, 2022

9.6 km

↗️ 84 m

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GR | Eur 119 | Bul 16 Kapitan Petko to Svilengrad

4.7 km

↗️ 7 m

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GR | Eur 116 | Gre 1 Ormenio to Kastanies Border Post ‐ Sep 26, 2022

30.5 km

↗️ 58 m

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GR | Eur 115 | Bul 15 Harmanli to Ormenio (Greece) ‐ Sep 25, 2022

36.8 km

↗️ 93 m

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GR | Eur 113 | Bul 13 Yastrebovo to Harmanli [Run boosted by Gordon Sinclair] ‐ Sep 23, 2022

47 km

↗️ 284 m

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GR | Eur 112 | Bul 12 Yagoda to Yastrebovo ‐ Sep 22, 2022

33.7 km

↗️ 188 m

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GR | Eur 111 | Bul 11 Gabarevo to Yagoda ‐ Sep 21, 2022

41.9 km

↗️ 94 m

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GR | Eur 110 | Bul 10 Karlovo to Gabarevo [Run boosted by Nick Wadeson] ‐ Sep 20, 2022

33.8 km

↗️ 279 m

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GR | Eur 109 | Bul 9 Karnare to Karlovo ‐ Sep 19, 2022

16.7 km

↗️ 72 m

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GR | Eur 108 | Bul 8 Anton to Karnare ‐ Sep 18, 2022

32.3 km

↗️ 290 m

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GR | Eur 107 | Bul 7 Mirkovo to Anton ‐ Sep 17, 2022

24.8 km

↗️ 352 m

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GR | Eur 106 | Bul 6 Gorna Malina to Mirkovo ‐ Sep 16, 2022

39.4 km

↗️ 506 m

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GR | Eur 105 | Bul 5 Sofia to Gorna Malina ‐ Sep 15, 2022

36.2 km

↗️ 119 m

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GR | Eur 101 | Bul 1 Dragoman to Sofia ‐ Sep 11, 2022

40.5 km

↗️ 141.6 m

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GR | Eur 100 | Ser 13 Sukovo to Dragoman (Bulgaria)

33 km

↗️ 385.6 m

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GR | Eur 99 | Ser 12 Bela Palanka to Sukovo ‐ Sep 9, 2022

37.6 km

↗️ 515.3 m

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GR | Eur 98 | Ser 11 Nis to Bela Palanka

40.6 km

↗️ 462.6 m -- Nice easy run after a rest day. It was hot and beautiful with a single big up and down. I have a puncture to the front of the buggy to fix but it’s still able to keep moving

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GR | Eur 96 | Ser 9 Vukasinovac to Nis ‐ Sep 6, 2022

45.1 km

↗️ 330.1 m Made it! This was HARD though! Made sure I went slow again but I was tired right from the off. Slow and steady doesn’t win any races but it does help you get across a continent! I had a bit of an energy revival in the middle but it soon disappeared and the last hour or so was horrendous - and the sun had come out adding to my pain. I looked like a zombie in the end plodding into Nis. Day off tomorrow. My plan was to but I had toyed with cancelling it as I had an unplanned one [...]
in Ub but I’ve done about 130 miles in the last 5 days and I’m shattered so it’s happening. Nis seems pretty nice!
GR | Eur 95 | Ser 8 Cuprija to Vukasinovac ‐ Sep 5, 2022

46.1 km

↗️ 325.1 m Feeling pretty tired before I even started, wanting to go long and with the sun back out and the temperature back up to about 30 degrees, I set off a little slower than usual. I’d decided to try and do the 57 miles to Nis in 2 days (well, 2 runs and a sleep so it will actually be in a little over 24 hours) but the only way I could see me doing this with the little energy I seem to have is by going a bit slower. Besides I didn’t want to set off too fast as usual, then dehydrate [...]
and run out of energy and suffer towards the end. I also knew the second day - after camping and not having a full recovery - would be tough so wanted to manage my effort. This seemed to work as, after a bit of a lull somewhere in the middle miles, I was able to actually speed up a little at the end of the day (though it was downhill!). The sky clouded over a little to later in the afternoon so it wasn’t quite as hot. It was quite a nice day again scenery wise. Most of it was on the secondary road that paralleled the A1 motorway but it was mostly a reasonable distance away or hidden and not too bothersome at all. Mostly flat farmland early on, a climb up around the 15-20 mile mark gave some great views of some more dramatic hills and a sole pointy mountain in the distance. Need to look up what it was! Then I got a nice sunset as I ascended a small hill to find somewhere to pitch my tent.
GR | Eur 94 | Ser 7 Batocina to Cuprija ‐ Sep 4, 2022

38.4 km

↗️ 179.7 m The day started really flat and straight as I headed alongside a rail line out of town. Took it nice and easy as I hadn’t drunk or eaten a great deal since yesterday and the sun was back out (though it wasn’t massively hot). Again, mostly nice farmland and small villages with just one big hill (that wasn’t steep but quite long and I took slow!) into Jagodina. After a few days where the countryside reminded me of home, today it kept reminding me of America for some reason. Ma [...]
ybe it was the flat long roads through cornfields, maybe the kitsch almost Americana-esque sign (see photo). Maybe even the rusty, yellow truss bridge! Jagodina was bigger than I thought it would be but I didn’t really stop and ploughed straight through to Cuprija…this was a mistake though, as soon after Jagodina my energy and legs just fell off a cliff and I struggled my way to the end. I had to slow it down and walk a bit but made the mileage - that’s the important thing! Quite a busy road for those last few miles too which was a bit crap but I was so slow by then anyway I guess veering off to let cars by didn’t matter all that much! Also, to add to what I said yesterday I did actually see 4 (two 2s) leisure cyclists out and about today on road bikes and full kit). Still no fellow runners!
GR | Eur 93 | Ser 6 Topola to Batocina ‐ Sep 3, 2022

43.1 km

↗️ 438 m More easy road running through farmland and villages punctuated by the occasional hill. I found it relatively simple today with pretty good running weather - still a bit overcast and warm but not too hot. I made pretty good time - ignore the 27 mins for mile 8, I had a break and accidentally left my watch running. Without that I was relatively quick. I had a guy cycle alongside me for a while where we did our best to communicate without either speaking anything significant of each [...]
other’s language! I’ve seen a few cyclists today (just cycling as transport not sport), I hadn’t seen much through Bosnia and the first part of Serbia…maybe because it’s now getting flatter! I’ve still not seen a single other sole out running though. Not since Ljubljana!
GR | Eur 92 | Ser 5 Lazarevac to Topola ‐ Sep 2, 2022

38.6 km

↗️ 605.5 m Still a bit rainy when setting off but it wasn’t hard and it mostly stopped after an hour though visibility remained low! This brought much cooler temperatures (around 17 I think) and so much easier running! Actually I was amazed how much. I’ve been drinking around 4-5 litres during a normal day’s run but today I maybe only had around 1.5 litres at most…and I felt like I’d barely done anything, I could have gone on easily! It was a nicer route again today heading south [...]
east through Serbian wine country, still mostly on country roads and where the road was a bit more of a main thoroughfare it had pavement so I was generally happy as Larry!
GR | Eur 91 | Ser 4 Ub to Lazarevac ‐ Sep 1, 2022

26.6 km

↗️ 359.5 m I don’t know what this rubbish was! I really wasn’t feeling it but just needed to keep moving forward - called it short when the rains set in for the night. It was a real crappy bit of the route, after some nice days in the countryside, this was through some, let’s say, industrial towns. Not very appealing to the eyes!
GR | Eur 89 | Ser 2 nr Bukor to Ub ‐ Aug 30, 2022

40.7 km

↗️ 267.3 m Got up feeling pretty good after getting surprisingly good sleep in the tent. Due to be quite an easy day mostly down quiet country roads and it proved to be. Had to stop for a second bowl (tub) of cornflakes with about 7 miles to go as I started to feel hungry but trotted on through to Ub without issue. It was, however, really humid today so I was just dripping with sweat all day even though it wasn’t overly hot. Didn’t have much water but just enough to keep from tipping i [...]
nto absolute dehydration!! Need to drink plenty for recovery though! The Serbian countryside the last couple of days has been really quite pleasant and reminded me of home quite a lot - rolling green farmland. It maybe reminds me of the north downs. Farmlands but with a hill ridge off in the distance.
GR | Eur 88 | Ser 1 Loznica to nr Bukor ‐ Aug 29, 2022

42 km

↗️ 536 m A lovely run through the rolling Serbian countryside and farmland. A bit hot but otherwise managed to move pretty well as it was mostly road today and the climbs were quite steep but relatively short.
GR | Eur 87 | Bos 6 nr Sarci to Loznica (Serbia), Serbia ‐ Aug 28, 2022

30.2 km

↗️ 317.5 m A few more steep hills to finish off and then a long roll down to the valley to cross the River Drina into Serbia. Annoyingly some of the downhill was on rocky track when I was hoping to make back the uphill time! Oh well. The border was easy - friendly guards on both sides and I just had 2.5 miles to get into Loznica and it got pretty hot (32ish) towards finishing so just plodded into Loznica! It’s a slightly shorter day so I can stay on the Serbia side and register and get a [...]
dmin sorted in the new country.
GR | Eur 86 | Bos 5 Tuzla to nr Sarci ‐ Aug 27, 2022

36.5 km

↗️ 742 m A bit similar to the last day, quite a few steep hills and some non-tarmac (pretty rough!) track that slows me right down with the buggy - still easier than carrying my rucksack overall. It got hot again too but managed ok now I can carry much more water. Some nice views of the hills around though that make the climbing worthwhile. Plenty of confused looks from passers by that I’m a) running and b) pushing a buggy.
GR | Eur 84 | Bos 3 Ormanica to Tuzla ‐ Aug 25, 2022

39.6 km

↗️ 602.3 m One of those days were I wasn’t quite feeling it, so took it steady. Really rubbish main road running to begin with which was pretty horrendous but had no choice! On the road sections I’m noticing the car fumes in Bosnia are horrific - old cars! I’ve never seen so many Mark1 Golfs in all my life! Some steep climbs today too and near the end was on trail which was slow going with the buggy (it would have been quite slow going without it too!). Rest day in Tuzla tomorrow s [...]
o that carrot made it easier to get it done!
GR | Eur 83 | Bos 2 Maksim Skok (hill) to Ormanica (Part 2) ‐ Aug 24, 2022

16.7 km

↗️ 197.1 m …Rest of the day after Gradacac. Bit of a climb out of the town but then pretty easy.
GR | Eur 83 | Bos 2 Maksim Skok (hill) to Ormanica (Part 1)

27.8 km

↗️ 148 m Light but fairly constant rain so I was wet through by Gradacac…had a long lunch and drying break whilst it cleared up and used the time for some internet access (I have no roaming in Bosnia and Serbia). Pretty flat road running mostly which is easy enough but a bit shit on some of the busier main roads with no pavements!
GR | Eur 82 | Bos 1 Brod to Maksim Skok (hill) ‐ Aug 23, 2022

31.8 km

↗️ 389.8 m Into Bosnia. My main concern is straying onto or potentially camping on a minefield! I’m probably overthinking it but the map shows them as everywhere still! I l did see some ongoing mine clearance where they had partially shut the road. Mostly easy going roads today, with a few hills though to keep it interesting and give me a bit of scenery again (the last days in Croatia where as flat and without views as it gets!). The tarmac ran out near the end and I was on a pretty all- [...]
over-the-show, overgrown, muddy track - slows me down but the buggy handles it surprising well. I stopped a little earlier than intended because I saw a nice camping spot (with a bit of shelter, picnic benches and without mines!)
GR | Eur 81 | Cro 12 Oriovac to Brod (Bosnia) (Part 2), Bosnia and Herzegovina ‐ Aug 22, 2022

4.3 km

↗️ 9.7 m Second part of the day….over the border. Into Bosnia - country number 12! Though I was a bit confused because the flags and signs were Serbian-esque - but that’s because this is the “Serbian” bit of Bosnia (Republika Srpska). I didn’t know that until I crossed!
GR | Eur 81 | Cro 12 Oriovac to Brod (Bosnia) (Part 1)

23.8 km

↗️ 75.8 m Nice easy run to the border and into Bosnia. Tendonitis seems to be just about ok over a shorter time/distance like this, I just need to stop occasionally to stretch my foot out.
GR | Eur 80 | Cro 11 Nova Gradiska to Oriovac ‐ Aug 21, 2022

32.8 km

↗️ 73.5 m Bit of a battle at the moment! Trying my best to keep progressing! Just basically running down a road which is fairly grim. Not a lot to see really!
GR | Eur 79 | Cro 10 Novska to Nova Gradiska ‐ Aug 20, 2022

36 km

↗️ 141.2 m Struggling! 😞 Foot still hurts so I’m trying to do enough mileage to make meaningful progress but not too much. Just over 20 miles seems about right in my mind (but maybe not in my foot!) Humidity today was savage with a few thunderstorms; either way I was drenched. Didn’t have my stuff as I left it at a hotel so I was generally able to go a bit quicker but definitely slowed in the last few miles as dehydration (also not able to carry water!), foot pain and dwindling moti [...]
vation took over.
GR | Eur 78 | Cro 9 Kutina to Novska ‐ Aug 19, 2022

24.9 km

↗️ 118.9 m The swelling in my foot took 2 days to go down and then I gave it one more day to hopefully recover then tried this shorter day to see if it was better. It was ok; not great. It hasn’t swelled up again but it’s still sore.
GR | Eur 74 | Cro 5 Sisak to Kutina ‐ Aug 15, 2022

39.5 km

↗️ 113.5 m Again really flat and easy running….except my foot was pretty swelled up after yesterday and I needed to ice and elevate it but it was still swelled and sore in the morning. I started with a loose shoe to see how it went. I ran ok and it seemed to last about 10 miles before starting to really bother me and after around 15 it was pretty sore. I had a break at about 18 miles to let it calm down before finishing off - it was quite painful at the end and I think I’ll reluctantly [...]
have to take at least one rest day to let it calm down. Damn it. Just when I was making some nice progress!! Also, it was bloomin warm!
GR | Eur 73 | Cro 4 Cerje Pokupsko to Sisak ‐ Aug 14, 2022

41.9 km

↗️ 279.5 m As yesterday really easy running on flat ground. There was one very weird couple of miles when the main road suddenly turned to a gravel track but apart from that it was smooth sailing! There’s not a lot to see view wise but it’s making for some quicker/easier progress after the Alps! My left foot has some tendon swelling though. Slowed down quite a bit towards the end with this and had to stop often to try and rest it / stretch it. It’s getting hot again too but as I can [...]
now carry much more water and I’m not carrying my stuff I seem to be managing ok with it.
GR | Eur 72 | Cro 3 Jastrebarsko to Cerje Pokupsko ‐ Aug 13, 2022

40.9 km

↗️ 223.4 m Miles of easy running through a nice bit of forest and then down pretty quiet country roads.
GR | Eur 70 | Cro 1 Vrhovac to Jastrebarsko ‐ Aug 11, 2022

20.6 km

↗️ 148.4 m Well, this one came up a bit short! I must have miscalculated my mileage on my route somewhere when I re-routed (thought it was nearer 18 miles) but needed to stop here to get the train into Zagreb. It was a real struggle today anyway, I was really slow, so I wasn’t complaining too much! I could barely move my legs. Need some food pretty desperately. I also seem to have a few niggles and my legs are just really tight but I’ve already booked a massage for tomorrow in Zagreb so [...]
hopefully that helps.
GR | Eur 69 | Slo 12 Novo Mesto to Vrhovac (Croatia), Croatia ‐ Aug 10, 2022

45.8 km

↗️ 854.7 m A change of route diverting south down to Metlika after the police advised me this was the place to cross on foot. It’s quite a bit longer to Zagreb unfortunately. Also had to go up a big hill on the gutter of a main road, which (with the buggy) was pretty grim - especially when trucks came past! Uphill is a bit harder with the buggy but downhill is pretty fast so it balances out. Got over the border absolutely no problem with friendly guards on both sides. Few more hills at t [...]
he end up onto some lovely vineyards for some much needed accommodation. Just about managed to get some food (and a complimentary glass of wine) from a vineyard despite a lack of shops/restaurants. I was pretty tired, hungry and dehydrated by the end of this one. Felt a bit grim when I finished! Really need to sort out my eating - I barely eat anything when not in larger towns/cities. Bit longer today; bit shorter tomorrow to work around somewhere to stay for the night.
GR | Eur 68 | Slo 11 Malo Globoko to Novo Mesto ‐ Aug 9, 2022

38.7 km

↗️ 468.7 m A quiet, rolling day into Novo Mesto. Nothing major to report! Ran pretty well but it was hot towards the end - the old dehydration problem but didn’t have too long to go so just plodded on.
GR | Eur 67 | Slo 10 Ljubljana to Malo Globoko ‐ Aug 8, 2022

40.3 km

↗️ 331.8 m Back to it after a long rest in Ljubljana, and with my new buggy so I don’t have to carry my pack. I feel ridiculously self-conscious with it but I guess I’ll get used to it! Need to get some signs on it for what I’m doing so people don’t think I’m just a very irresponsible parent. A pretty easy day on flat terrain just learning how to run with the buggy really. It’s a pro not carrying the weight but it’s a bit more unwieldy and more difficult to cross roads and ru [...]
n on roadsides etc.
Little Tester (Not Part of Route) ‐ Aug 7, 2022

1.6 km

↗️ 5.9 m Little tester with my buggy! I feel a bit weird with it!
GR | Eur 62 | Slo 5 Skofje Loka to Ljubljana ‐ Aug 3, 2022

24.2 km

↗️ 107.4 m Easy, flat roll (but pretty warm!) into the city to finish for a bit of a break. My legs need it, they feel sore!
GR | Eur 61 | Slo 4 Soriska Planina to Skofja Loka ‐ Aug 2, 2022

35.6 km

↗️ 84.1 m Made up some ground on an easy day to get close enough to Ljubljana to leave a short day to finish tomorrow. Started with a significant downhill off the mountain and was generally trending downhill all day with just a few bumps through small villages and farmland. I’ve weirdly missed rolling farmland from being in the mountains so much - I guess it’s just the variety that keeps it interesting! Slowed down a bit by some “stomach problems” nearer the end and it was pretty [...]
hot but legs felt better than yesterday.
GR | Eur 60 | Slo 3 Ukanc to Soriska Planina ‐ Aug 1, 2022

19.3 km

↗️ 906.6 m Epic Fail! I only had 50ish miles to Ljubljana- where I’m taking a break - and I got a bit cocky thinking I could do it in 2 days. I couldn’t. My legs were heavy and had absolutely no drive. I managed (just!) to get to the top of the hill and a restaurant and campsite provided the most suitable place to stop! Especially as a thunderstorm was brewing. As I couldn’t get far enough to do it 2 days it’ll be 3 shorter days in Ljubljana.
GR | Eur 59 | Slo 2 Bovec to Ukanc ‐ Jul 31, 2022

35.7 km

↗️ 1627.9 m Pushed the pace today on little sleep or food! As far as a 1400m climb then descent goes the terrain/path was relatively straightforward (compared to what I have been doing!) so was able to keep a decent speed going.
GR | Eur 58 | Slo 1 nr Uccea to Bovec (Slovenia), Slovenia ‐ Jul 30, 2022

19.6 km

↗️ 350.1 m A short day into Bovec because I wanted to stay here and it was only 30 miles in 2 days from Carnia. I’m glad of the slight rest day though. After a night of full on thunderstorms I had to cross the river and then climb (literally climb!) up the soggy muddy embankment. The first 0.1 mile took nearly 7 minutes but after that it was tarmac downhill down to the border. After a short climb back up I made some good time on the easy downhill to the valley. Even on this shorter day [...]
though my legs went a bit at the end when I made a stupid decision to get off the road and take a path through the woods - which was pretty rocky - and then I had to climb a bit to finish so I went a bit slow but I needed food and water and just plodded it out. The early finish should help me recover a bit for a big day through Triglav NP tomorrow. Hopefully. Maybe.
GR | Eur 57 | Ita 12 Carnia to nr Uccea ‐ Jul 29, 2022

27.4 km

↗️ 930.1 m Supposed to be an easy day and it started ok - lightly jogging down the road and a cycle path but it quickly descended into chaos. I thought today would be a quite quick (mostly tarmac) day, even though there was a bit of climbing to do, as I was supposed to be taking the road over the pass through to Slovenia but it was closed (I think because of rock fall) and the police told me to use some weird under construction/temporary gravel road next to the river. This was having cars [...]
escorted up and down it by the police. I got a mile or so up and they wouldn’t let me any further but said I could go anywhere I wanted except the road and pointed to the river and the wood beyond. I slowly picked my way over the river bed rocks and pebbles until it turned into a full on construction site - they were building this road and laying culverts in the river - so I crossed the river (knee deep) and worked my way through more pebbles before getting to more construction work and basically a quarry they had made for site aggregate. I trekked through this - the dumper truck drivers not giving two hoots that I was hiking through their construction site - and found a path in the woods that was on the map and took me further up the valley where it was supposed to come out onto the road after a couple of miles or so. Did it balls. It descended into me scrambling through undergrowth and mostly dead trees on a steep slippy slope. For ages. There was no hint of a path even though GPS said I was on it. It took forever to find my way out near where the path was supposed to meet the road where I had to drop down the steep bank, cross the river and climb and rock/concrete wall to get up to the road. And guess what…it said that road was closed too further up. I took it anyway - there was footpaths on the map adjacent to the road I could take. Near the end of the day I thought I’ll do another 1.5 miles and at which point the map showed the track dropped down to the river where I can wash, get water and camp. But after about half a mile the track just stopped and dropped into a gully. It said the track continued unabated on the map but it didn’t look like it ever had to me. I turned left to the river - I’m about 60-70m above it on a relatively steep but doable bank. I’m going down - straight down - and camping there. It was a bit of a scramble down but I found a great spot near the river to pitch and had a good refreshing bathe in the river! Lovely! That cheered me up no end after a pretty frustrating and disheartening day. Not sure what the deal is with the maps in Italy, the paths (and roads!) often are just not there or incorrect. It’s the only place it’s happened.
GR | Eur 56 | Ita 11 Ovaro to Carnia ‐ Jul 28, 2022

33.4 km

↗️ 182.9 m Last day with company and an easy day down the valley. Took it easy pace wise - trying to recover! Got a bit hot into the afternoon. Not a lot to see today just roads and the mostly dry river bed (the river must be massive in winter/spring but not in summer!). Got a bit industrial as we got to the end. Left Hunty at Carnia train station to get back to Udine then Venice whilst I retired to the only hotel in the village to try and reset for the 100 mile stretch to Ljubljana.
GR | Eur 55 | Ita 10 Rifugio Ten Fabbro to Ovaro ‐ Jul 27, 2022

33.3 km

↗️ 974.2 m Back into the mountains, starting cloudy with the threat of downpours but it quickly cleared. The route meandered up and down on a ridge of mostly decent path before we hit an outrageous 1400m steep descent to the valley. Hunty’s quads went and he struggled to get down but managed it with some serious willpower and stretching breaks! There’s no hill training you can do for this in London!! Refuelled with pasta again and, having had no lunch, were pretty hungry. Got a confuse [...]
d look off the waiter when we ordered all the sides!
GR | Eur 54 | Ita 9 Auronzo to Rifugio Ten Fabbro ‐ Jul 26, 2022

22.6 km

↗️ 1117 m An easier recovery day after yesterday’s exertion! Mostly gradual uphill all day to the pass where we stayed at the Rifugio for the night - managed to get there nicely before the thunderstorms hit! We stuck to the road as the footpaths we were meant to be taking looked washed out with landslides. Tucked into some recovery pasta and properly carb loaded with some beers at the Rifugio.
GR | Eur 53 | Ita 8 Cortina d’Ampezzo to Auronzo di Cadore ‐ Jul 25, 2022

39 km

↗️ 1630.3 m A really REALLY tough day today. 11 miles or so of a big climb and a big descent on hard rocky terrain left us out of energy and with sore legs and feet for the rest of it! When the terrain was supposed to be easier I went calf deep into mud and nearly lost my shoe. Great views early on. A bit of a battle to the finish but got it done eventually! Shorter day tomorrow (we had to do a much longer day today with a much shorter one tomorrow to work around accommodation).
GR | Eur 52 | Ita 7 Colfosco to Cortina d’Ampezzo ‐ Jul 24, 2022

28.6 km

↗️ 998.2 m Great views again today! Mostly easy first climb and amble across the plateau with then two smaller climbs and descents, which were a bit more technical, down to the Falzarego pass before a descent down Cortina.
GR | Eur 51 | Ita 6 nr St Magdalena to Colfosco (P2) ‐ Jul 23, 2022

10.6 km

↗️ 662.7 m See P1 for info/photos
GR | Eur 51 | Ita 6 nr St Magdalena to Colfosco (P1)

15.8 km

↗️ 850.9 m Mountain hiking day - was feeling it a bit today - I think trail shoes would have been more sensible for this amount of mountain days as my feet are a bit beat up from the rocks and stony paths. However, a bit of weather coming in changed the views and made it quite dramatic. Some cloud inversions early in the day and some moody looking clouds hanging over the mountains made a change from constant sun and blue skies. Some more great views of the Dolomites’ rocky peaks as I see [...]
med to just climb up and down ski slopes all day. I was a bit short of miles so decided to add a little on - going back west and around Seceda before looping back on to the planned route. Left about 18 miles to do tomorrow but except for a biggish climb to start off it should (famous last words!) be an easier day into Cortina.
GR| Eur 50 | Ita 5 Vahrn to nr St Magdalena ‐ Jul 22, 2022

28.1 km

↗️ 2045.3 m Another mostly hiking day though I jogged a few bits. Quite a lot of climbing, though generally it wasn’t too bad apart from a few particularly steep sections. It was scorchio though (34ish) and I think I struggled with that a bit but the lower pace and regular breaks meant is wasn’t too problematic. Great views of those spiky Dolomite peaks though.
GR | Eur 49 | Ita 4 Sterzing-Vipiteno to Vahrn ‐ Jul 21, 2022

31.6 km

↗️ 453.4 m A bit of a rubbish transition day running along the valley which turned out to be pretty industrial and alongside the motorway and freight line - not every day is beautiful! I was moving along quite nicely but then I got lost three times where the paths dead ended and I had to back track about 2 miles so I did 4 miles extra - this got me annoyed and frustrated and I lost interest in the day! I stopped a bit early at about 20 miles, which with the getting lost is only about 16 of [...]
the actual route. Never mind, luckily I’m not up against it mileage wise for my schedule into Cortina.
GR | Eur 46 | Ita 1 Olpererhütte to Sterzing-Vipiteno, Italy ‐ Jul 18, 2022

33.1 km

↗️ 551.5 m Into Italy! Country number 9! An easier day dropping down off the mountains into the valley (but not before a short climb up to the ridge marking the Austrian-Italian border. Hiked a few miles down with a chap from Berlin before hitting the valley where, in theory, I could have picked up the pace but a few mountain niggles put me off! I ran a bit towards the end on some tarmac downhills where it would have just been rude not to!
GR | Eur 45 | Aus 8 Lizumerhütte to Olpererhütte ‐ Jul 17, 2022

24.5 km

↗️ 2015.4 m Another mountain hiking day - plenty of tricky climbs up and dangerous climbs down (!), lakes, alpine meadows, rocks, waterfalls and spectacular views!
GR | Eur 44 | Aus 7 Hall in Tirol to Lizumerhütte (Part 2 - watch battery died see P1 for photos etc) ‐ Jul 16, 2022

5.6 km

↗️ 85 m
GR | Eur 44 | Aus 7 Hall in Tirol to Lizumerhütte (Part 1 - watch battery died)

27.4 km

↗️ 2630.5 m Think I need a new watch - it’s getting on a bit!! Tough and slow hiking day in the mountains. After a 2300m climb it was a 4 mile scramble over the ridge line that was not hugely difficult but slow, slow, slow!!!! All told it was nearly 10 hours on my feet and my legs weren’t happy with me nearing the end! The views more than made up for the difficulty though! Pretty spectacular!
GR | Eur 43 | Aus 6 Innsbruck to Hall in Tirol ‐ Jul 15, 2022

10.7 km

↗️ 13.9 m REST DAY! There’s no such thing as a day off! I felt I had to do the 6 miles down the valley to Hall in Tirol otherwise I’d have 26 miles to do tomorrow, and with 20 of them on mountain terrain and including a 2000-odd metre climb, I thought that was too much so I got the six crappy road miles out of the way today and got the train a couple of stops back to Innsbruck. I’ll get the train back in the morning to continue. This did mean I could run - for the first time - with [...]
out my backpack weighing me down, which felt a bit strange like I was relearning to run!
GR | Eur 42 | Aus 5 Rietz to Innsbruck ‐ Jul 14, 2022

32.2 km

↗️ 20.3 m Button mushrooms. Bingo! Right, after yesterday’s disgusting effort at a “run” I was disappointed in myself and determined to run today. Not just run but run a decent pace. No hills. No rough terrain. No food carry. No excuse! I set off fairly steady. After an hour I’d done about 7 miles and thought could I go sub-3 for the 20 mile?! Target acquired I continued at about that pace. It got hotter. I got more dehydrated. I had a short break at 11ish miles where there was a [...]
water source. Drank a litre; ate a few handfuls of dried mango and continued (a bit slower as the water settled in my belly). It got hotter still, my little legs (not understanding what had hit them!) started to tie up, I had to go up over a bridge - it was 10m high but felt like an Alp. I’m hanging on for the last 5. I’ve slowed a little but I’m way under 3 hour pace. I’m properly running after weeks of shuffling. Shut up legs. It’s 30 degrees. Shut up legs. I start grunting and shouting “come on” to myself as I enter Innsbruck, trying unsuccessfully to maintain pace. People look at me as if I have two heads. Who cares?! After 6 weeks I’m used to that now! I fly past my hostel - the watch reads 19.6 miles - not enough. Up the street I go…0.3, 0.2, 0.1…I collapse over a Garmin-appointed finish line signified by the underwhelming beep of the watch as it ticks to 20.00 miles….2:53. I celebrate. Nobody else cares. Granted this isn’t the quickest I’ve ever run. And it’s not that fast. But for context, I’d usually do a 20 mile training run in about 2:40-2:50 so with a 7kg pack, the accumulation of what I’ve done previously and the 30 degree heat I am PROPERLY pleased with this effort!!
GR | Eur 41 | Aus 4 Trofana (Mils bei Imst) to Rietz ‐ Jul 13, 2022

31.3 km

↗️ 182.7 m Today was one day too far after three days of not feeling great and running pretty far. I knew it wasn’t going to be great when my eyes were shutting and I was falling asleep whilst running - within the first mile. There’s just never enough recovery time!!!!! I couldn’t really do it but I had to. So I just had to pretty much walk the distance. It was a flat easy day too so I might have been able to go reasonably quick if I’d felt better! Not all days are going to go well [...]
on this and my “running” performance isn’t always going to be there so I just have to do the mileage however I can. Once I remove the pressure of forcing myself to push the pace and suffer the day can be more enjoyable and hopefully the slower day can help recovery in the medium term! I have one more day before a rest day anyway! I stayed in a hotel and got some decent sleep so hopefully I’ll be ok for the just under 20miles into Innsbruck tomorrow.
GR | Eur 40 | Aus 3 St Anton am Arlberg to Trofana (Mils bei Imst) ‐ Jul 12, 2022

41.8 km

↗️ 117.3 m A lengthy one to the next accommodation. I started to feel a bit better today and knowing there was a decent amount of downhill I thought it would be an ok day. And it was generally. Early on I took advantage of the downhill before it kind of flattened out after 6 miles or so before another steeper road section around the middle allowed a couple of easy faster miles. It was always trending slightly downhill though as I followed the river (which flows pretty rapidly!) down the va [...]
lley but I tired and ran out of energy towards the end and slowed a bit.
GR | Eur 39 | Aus 2 Stallehr (Bludenz) to St Anton am Arlberg ‐ Jul 11, 2022

36.9 km

↗️ 1287.5 m Up, up and up some more; all day long. It mostly wasn’t steep or on difficult terrain but 20 miles uphill is a long drag! Steepened up near Stuben as I climbed the ski slopes up to the top of the Arlberg pass. I’m still not feeling great and knowing it was a long uphill I didn’t push too hard, taking regular Spar breaks to rehydrate and cool down as it was pretty warm today and I was in direct sun all day! The mountain views got better all day too with the raging river and [...]
waterfalls always near. Got lost a few times too with paths, roads, motorways, tunnels, railways and river all crossing and going over or under one another it was a bit confusing where I was supposed to be! I was meant to stop near the top of the pass but pressed on for a few very easy - almost effortless - miles of downhill on tarmac into St Anton - making up some time! Some cars didn’t seem too pleased with me pegging it down the main road but I enjoyed myself!
GR | Eur 38 | Lie/Aus 1 Vaduz to Stallehr (Bludenz), Austria ‐ Jul 10, 2022

38.8 km

↗️ 217.3 m Not feeling 100% with a bit of a cold and just waaaaayyyy over tired. Making progress regardless over the farmland in north Liechtenstein and into Austria before turning up the valley towards Bludenz.
GR | Eur 37 | Swi 8 Wildhaus to Vaduz , Liechtenstein ‐ Jul 9, 2022

29.2 km

↗️ 710.9 m A relatively easy day with a few sorter climbs that took a bit of time but weren’t too challenging. Still mostly hiking over the rougher sections before I picked up a bit of speed on some downhills with better surfacing. I had some time to kill before accommodation check in so I kind of wandered through Vaduz city centre (which is one street about 200m long) taking pictures with my watch going - hence some slow stuff late on. I then had a long pause chilling in a park before tak [...]
ing on the last mile to the hostel. Bye Switzerland. Hello Liechtenstein - country number 7.
GR | Eur 36 | Swi 7 Wattwill to Wildhaus ‐ Jul 8, 2022

32.2 km

↗️ 965.6 m Well this was a day with some awesome scenery, heading up the valleys to Wildhaus with great views of the Churfirsten range to the south, before climbIng up at the end of the day. These were the kind of days I wanted to do when thinking of this project! It was a great day! Running wise though it was a bloody disaster!!!! I thought it was going to be an easy run up the valley, which for the first few miles it was, but then it was constantly up and down (often stepped) as the river [...]
went through a gorge. It flattened a bit later but by then my legs had gone and I was out of energy and carrying no calories. A stop for an emergency pizza (all the shops were shut) at mile 18 and I was ok to take on the last couple of miles up the mountain to camp! Just before dark!! I don’t mind being a bit slower whilst the views are so good - I’ll save the speed for a boring day!
GR | Eur 35 | Swi 6 Sennschür to Wattwill ‐ Jul 7, 2022

28.3 km

↗️ 1386.8 m Well those climbs were a bit tougher than expected! Pretty flat for the first 6 miles or so which I got out of the way quite quickly before mostly dropping to a hike to climb up to 1300m. These summits were pretty much as high as Ben Nevis yet are so insignificant here they weren’t even marked at the summit (except one that had a cross!) I had a great view of the Alps proper opposite (the phone camera doesn’t quite do it justice!) so it was well worth the climbs. Thought I [...]
’d make up some time on the descent but some was quite technical on a ridge - with a few scrambles and trip hazards a plenty - and I’m not in the business of risking injury so took it steady. The rest was quite niggly and through cow fields etc so it was hard to get much speed or rhythm so I just settled for making it down in one piece without the speed!
GR | Eur 34 | Swi 5 Zurich to Sennschür ‐ Jul 6, 2022

28.2 km

↗️ 454.9 m Legs felt really heavy and achy today. Maybe it was the days off! Or maybe last night’s Jack Daniels! A bit of a hill early on out of Zurich and then relatively (for Switzerland!) flat for the rest. Distances are a bit shorter for this leg - just because that’s the way it’s worked out over 4 days - I’m doing some mountains and so didn’t want to do the 75 miles in 3 days. I’d rather enjoy it!!
GR | Eur 31 | Swi 2 Obersiggenthal to Zurich ‐ Jul 3, 2022

28.5 km

↗️ 361.7 m A nice, easy, relatively short run into Zurich with just a couple of small hills. Well, the heat returned to make it a bit tougher, and I took a wrong turn and did a bit of extra climb and I decided I climb up to the old castle ruin in Baden for a little extra more. Why make it easy!! The worst bit was seeing all the Zurichians (…Zurichites?!) cooling off in the river whilst I was sweaty and dehydrated jogging along it’s banks! Check out the salt line on my disgusting shorts!
GR | Eur 30 | Swi 1 Berau to Obersiggenthal, Switzerland ‐ Jul 2, 2022

28.5 km

↗️ 451.1 m A bad day mentally - just couldn’t seem to motivate myself to do it and run properly. I think because I was near Zurich but it wasn’t quite the last day it was harder. I’m ready for a little break! Anyway, tomorrow will be more positive with only a short 17 miles to go to the first major target - Zurich. It was hot again too. Had a long break after lunch hence the massive elapsed time.
GR | Eur 29 | Ger 9 Titisee to Berau ‐ Jul 1, 2022

34.7 km

↗️ 756.1 m Fairly straightforward day. A couple of climbs. Lots of downhill. I’m getting a bit of knee pain during and after days with downhills. I’ll run it off!
GR | Eur 28 | Ger 8 Hornkopf to Titisee ‐ Jun 30, 2022

22.7 km

↗️ 483.1 m Second “half day” in this little leg into Zurich. Glorious weather whilst I was running; thunderbolts and lightning, very very frightening as I write this in the evening.
GR | Eur 27 | Ger 7 Schweighausen to Hornkopf (Mt) ‐ Jun 29, 2022

29.5 km

↗️ 1300.6 m Quite a bit of climbing today; cracked on early but didn’t sleep well so was a bit tired. Decided to save my energy after lunch for the climb so slowed right down (it’s a marathon not a sprint!). The climb at the end wasn’t so steep but was pretty long!
GR | Eur 26 | Ger 6 Neuried to Schweighausen ‐ Jun 28, 2022

33.9 km

↗️ 462.6 m Nice enjoyable straightforward run! Mostly flat but with a decent climb up at the end. Getting hillier! Next few days there’s some climbing to do but slightly lower mileage.
GR | Eur 25 | Ger 5 Strasbourg to Neuried, Germany ‐ Jun 27, 2022

17.1 km

↗️ 34.1 m “Rest day” / half day Back to Germany! After flitting between France/Germany over the last week or so that is now France done. About 90 miles through the Black Forest to Swiss border🇨🇭 then around 30 to Zurich….
GR | Eur 24 | Fra 13 Bois de Zutzendorf, Niefern to Strasbourg ‐ Jun 26, 2022

38.5 km

↗️ 234.1 m Again had a lack of calories and had to stop for a sandwich for lunch! I don’t think I’m even having 2000 calories a day when I’m camping. It was an easy day though - pretty flat, mostly tarmac - so just a matter of churning it out. Pretty warm again and very sweaty! Ready for a shower after 3 days!
GR | Eur 23 | Fra 12 nr Lengelsheim to Bois de Zutzendorf, Niefern ‐ Jun 25, 2022

38.1 km

↗️ 431.4 m Back to France 🇫🇷!! Felt ok today, suffered a little with lack of calories but had regular breaks and got it done! A few hills and technical bits through the forests that slowed me down a touch.
GR | Eur 22 | Ger 4 Saarbrucken to nr Lengelsheim, France ‐ Jun 24, 2022

45.6 km

↗️ 830.1 m Bigger day. I felt good. I had an unplanned rest day yesterday as I felt terrible - mostly just too tired I think. So I’m running to Strasbourg (~80miles) in 3 days rather than 4. A big storm hit but I got ridiculously lucky as it came when I was filling up water and there was shelter, water and a bench! So I took the opportunity to have dinner and ride out the worst of the rain!
GR | Eur 20 | Ger 2 Sender Europa 1 to Saarbrucken ‐ Jun 22, 2022

30.6 km

↗️ 274.9 m Felt pretty good today. Only one big hill!! Still always on the hunt for fluids but mainly managed to get them regularly enough.
GR | Eur 19 | Ger 1 nr Merschweiller to Sender Europa 1, Germany ‐ Jun 21, 2022

37.6 km

↗️ 751.4 m A bit tired in general and struggled to get water and calories (no shops)! Basically had to run 16 miles before I got to eat and drink properly! But overall not too bad just took my time as it was reasonably hot again. Had a long break for lunch to get some calories and hydration in and was a bit sluggish after that. 3litres of fluid sits heavy! I quite enjoyed the route and the day though. Note: Merschweiller and the start of the day were just on the French side of the border; [...]
I’m generally calling this day Germany though!
GR | Eur 18 | Lux 3 Luxembourg to nr Merschweiller , France ‐ Jun 20, 2022

33.8 km

↗️ 676.2 m Significantly cooler! Running in mid 20s Celsius is much easier than mid 30s! A pretty straightforward day with a nice long climb to finish the day!
GR | Eur 16 | Lux 1 Arlon to Luxembourg , Luxembourg ‐ Jun 18, 2022

31 km

↗️ 441.7 m Well it didn’t go very well! I’m sure my body will adjust to running in the heat eventually but it hasn’t yet! This genuinely felt like the last 20 miles of a 100-miler! Everything hurt! Really had to slow right down towards the end (I completely walked the last couple of miles) as I’m pretty sure I had some heat exhaustion - I felt dizzy and nauseous all day. I did drink quite a lot and had electrolytes with me but I couldn’t eat anything. Two big steep hills near the [...]
end did not help! Oh well, Luxembourg is very nice though. Planned rest day tomorrow which I think I need to recover!
GR | Eur 15 | Bel 4 nr Chiny to Arlon ‐ Jun 17, 2022

34.5 km

↗️ 280 m Bloody hot! And an 8kg pack just makes it worse!
GR | Eur 14 | Bel 3 nr Les Hayons to nr Chiny ‐ Jun 16, 2022

32.1 km

↗️ 696.2 m Felt really good today. A few more roads/tracks plus less hills equals easier running! The messing about at the end was because the trail was blocked by felled trees so I had to go back on myself, then find water, then somewhere to stop for the day! I’ll have to take a different route round tomorrow as there’s no way through on the trail.
GR | Eur 13 | Bel 2 Mouzaive to nr Les Hayons ‐ Jun 15, 2022

24.8 km

↗️ 1081.5 m Lots of hills again and quite technical trail today. Had a bad day. My first one really. I felt like I slept/eat/drank enough but for some reason just had nothing. Pretty much hiked it all. Chalk it off as a rubbish one and move on!
GR | Eur 12 | Bel 1 Chateau Regnault to Mouzaive , Belgium ‐ Jun 14, 2022

29.1 km

↗️ 1113.5 m First trail day of the run. Mostly at quick hike pace. Nice and hilly but quite a few sections were runnable too. Heavy pack too as carrying 2.5 days of food.
GR | Eur 10 | Fra 10 Beaulieu to Chateau Regnault ‐ Jun 12, 2022

36.5 km

↗️ 483.9 m A real struggle today. Pretty hot and minimal water availability (it’s Sunday!). My hip tightened up too so kept stopping to stretch it. Also hit the Ardennes proper and started on some trails (GR16)
GR | Eur 9 | Fra 9 Fourmies to Beaulieu ‐ Jun 11, 2022

32.7 km

↗️ 436.4 m Getting hotter and a little hillier.
GR | Eur 8 | Fra 8 Pont-sur-Sambre to Fourmies ‐ Jun 10, 2022

35.6 km

↗️ 467.2 m
GR | Eur 7 | Fra 7 Jenlain to Pont-sur-Sambre ‐ Jun 9, 2022

29.1 km

↗️ 248.5 m Slightly shorter again due to the weather/accommodation forced route tweaks yesterday. Nipped via Le Quesnoy for lunch to lengthen it a bit! Again easy running on small roads and tracks. Bit slow through some of the muddy forest paths in my road shoes!!
GR | Eur 6 | Fra 6 nr Mortagne-du-Nord to Jenlain (Part 2) ‐ Jun 8, 2022

23 km

↗️ 126.4 m After a reasonably long wait in a cafe it brightened up! Pretty easy running for the rest of the day.
GR | Eur 6 | Fra 6 nr Mortagne-du-Nord to Jenlain (Part 1)

3.5 km

↗️ 0 m Part 1 is just a morning charge to shelter 🌧🌧🌧
GR | Eur 5 | Fra 5 Lille to nr Mortagne-du-Nord ‐ Jun 7, 2022

40.6 km

↗️ 123 m Another pretty easy day. Still flat. Nipped into Belgium 🇧🇪 for a bit. Ran a bit further as next two days will be slightly shorter to work around the weather and stopping points
GR | Eur 4 | Fra 4 Lomme to Lille ‐ Jun 6, 2022

12.9 km

↗️ 36.1 m A shorter run as I got closer to Lille yesterday than intended. Meandered around Lille’s sights on route!
GR | Eur 3 | Fra 3 Eecke to Lomme ‐ Jun 5, 2022

34.3 km

↗️ 120.7 m Really really wet! Took a slightly more direct line towards Lille than originally planned so I could get to accommodation after two nights of thunderstorms
GR | Eur 2 | Fra 2 nr Watten to Eecke (Part 2) ‐ Jun 4, 2022

16.9 km

↗️ 189.1 m
GR | Eur 2 | Fra 2 nr Watten to Eecke (Part 1)

16.8 km

↗️ 144 m Tired. Hot. Dehydrated. Hungry.
GR | Eur 1 | Fra 1 Calais to nr Watten ‐ Jun 3, 2022

36.2 km

↗️ 137.5 m Really easy! Super flat
Calais, France
GR | Day 4 | UK 4 Etchinghill to Kingsdown ‐ May 29, 2022

28.1 km

↗️ 609.4 m Bit slow today - a bit niggly on the coastal path to Dover.
GR | Day 3 | UK 3 Charing to Etchinghill ‐ May 28, 2022

29.3 km

↗️ 417.6 m
GR | Day 2 | UK 2 Vigo Village to Charing ‐ May 27, 2022

37 km

↗️ 425.8 m Pretty warm
GR | Day 1 | UK 1 Greenwich to nr Vigo Village ‐ May 26, 2022

35 km

↗️ 514.2 m Dehydrated!
Start, United Kingdom ‐ May 26, 2022