Welcome to my website.
On 2nd October 2003 my 57th birthday, I'm going to
set off to run around the world. Making my dream come true and practical
necessity, go together. I shall be solo, self supporting and on a very
low budget. I couldnšt afford back up teams, luxury, or flights to
different continent and stages across wide oceans.
My dearest wish anyway, is just to do a complete circle of the earth,
planned to keep me on as much land mass as possible, This is also the
coldest, hardest, most fascinating way, and includes almost 7,000 miles
of Russia and Siberia. I shall go across Europe through Holland,
Germany, Poland and Moscow, before hitting the Trans Siberian Railway
route. Then go on to the Bering Straits, Alaska, America, Canada,
Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Scotland and England, before returning to
the start and finishing line at Tenby, my home in Wales. It will be my
world voyage on two feet.
Many years ago I sailed to Australia and back around Cape Horn with my
young family in a catamaran, and later solo across the Atlantic in a
17ft boat. The magic of sailing, is that the vivid images of trees
mountains, villages, town, faces; people you love as well as those you
only imagine come to mind when you are quite alone at sea. It has led me
to longing to explore the land as well. So the legs that come free from
God, have taken the place of hulls as a way of passage making!
Running can take you to places that do not exist if you travel in any
other way. Maybe even more than walking, because you can get so
exhausted, almost fail so every often, and are vulnerable and shaky.
Sometimes when you are weakest, you can feel things the most strongly.
This is when those you meet in the midst of their own difficult lives
and situations, are not fearful of you. You treading gently through
someone. elsešs land; Part of the life going on all around you. Part of
the people, places, sunrises, storms, terrors and joys; seeing, feeling,
laughing, crying, in happiness or despair.
The death of my husband Clive from prostate cancer last year, taught me
more than anything about how precious life is; How short it can be, that
you HAVE to grab life, do what you can while you can, and try to give
something back. I'll be trying to raise awareness of the following very special small
charities - to represent the world:- The Prostate Cancer Charity,
The Siberian Railway Cancer Hospital at Omsk.
The Kitezh Community for Orphan Children Orphanage, the hope of the
future of European Russia through its children. The Nepal Trust that achieves so much with almost no money, in the
Hidden Himalayas.
I am extremely grateful for the generosity of my family and friends,
without their help and faith I could not succeed. Regards Rosie.
