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Andrew Chappell »
Packed and ready to go - Peru here I come
Posted on 3:40pm Wednesday 2nd September 2009
SO, I’M all packed and ready to go. Yes, the day has finally arrived and, chances are, by the time you read this I’ll be en route to Peru, if not there already.
Andrew Chappell »
This isn't going to be a walk in the park
Posted on 3:54pm Friday 3rd July 2009
If we’d thought it was going to be a holiday with a bit of light strolling thrown in, we were soon disabused of that notion by the sight of the exhausted figures staggering into Macchu Pichu, gasping for air.
Andrew Chappell »
It's a dog's life
Posted on 12:40pm Wednesday 29th April 2009
AS I step up my training, I can’t help thinking there’s someone in my household much better qualified to tackle the Machu Picchu trek than me.
Andrew Chappell »
A fundraising milestone - but a long trek ahead
Posted on 10:48am Thursday 9th April 2009
MY GRANDAD once nearly swam the Channel. He said he got three-quarters of the way there before realising he was never going to make it, so he turned round and swam back again.
Andrew Chappell »
I can't find my way round Verwood, so how am I going to manage Peru?
Posted on 10:07am Monday 23rd March 2009
In which Andrew has navigational difficulties but ends up on the radio anyway
Andrew Chappell »
We might have great beaches, but it's the people that matter
Posted on 3:19pm Tuesday 10th March 2009
The great thing about training for an outdoor event around these parts is that we have so many resources on our doorstep.
Andrew Chappell »
Every journey starts with a single step
Posted on 8:43am Friday 27th February 2009
... but what good is stepping of you don't have a good pair of boots? And boots, well, they’re like tyres. For your feet. The difference is that your car isn’t going to pull over all by itself halfway to your destination crying “ooh, I’ve got a dreadful blister on me hubcap” if his tyres don’t fit properly.
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Andrew Chappell is swapping ink for the Incas with a trek to Machu Picchu in aid of Scope. Follow his progress here...
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