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Road to Discovery

This is how I planned and prepared for my odyssey, including how I decided it was feasible, devised and executed a trial walk, plotted and booked up the route, ensured I was expedition -ready and selected the kit that made the cut.

Plotting the Course

How I planned my 3000 km route

Learning to Walk

Why 'feetness' trumps fitness and how to attain it

Trials and Tribulations

My trial walk from London to Dorset in unfettered detail

Unplugged but not Untethered

What a difference 90 years make: a comparison with Patrick Leigh Fermor's odyssey

Laying my Hat

How I booked and managed over 100 consecutive places to stay

It's in the bag

How I packed it all in

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