About a month ago I published my intended route through Greece and I asked for comments and I got some that has made me rethink my route. I was planning on heading west in Greece to the Albanian border and then through central Ablania to Montenegro. I'm now planning on heading north through Greece to Macedonia and on to Kosovo (here is a link to the rough route) The plan is now to head north out of Athens, taking the back roads to Thiva (60km). From Thiva its then on to Lavad

As promised in my last post here is the first instalment of my planned route along with the link for the route on Strava. I have planned this with the aim of getting some easy kms completed and taking what looks like, from the map, to be a straightforward route. With this in mind, I decided to stay on roads for this section of the run and to try and avoid much elevation gain. I will begin running from the Eleanos Refugee Camp, which is located near to the centre of Athens. El

I have had a very busy week planning for Run to Refuge. It is now less than a year until I begin running. Last week, Bex and I had a chat about when to start and, although I'd miss her birthday, we agreed that we would set the 1st of May 2020 as the start date for my big adventure. This date was a decided on as it strikes a balance between the heat at the start in Greece and the cold and snow in the mountains. I want to try and get to the northern part of the Dinaric Alps and

Let's start with the basics... My name is Tom, I am passionate about adventure, the mountains and journeys. I was born with cerebral palsy, which means I have some weakness and fine motor control difficulties on my left side. This meant that I was not able to walk until I was over 3 years old and I fell over all the time. As I grew up I had a permanent hole in the left knee of my trousers and a permanent graze on my left hip. This never stopped me from being active, however,