Video Diary

Day 295– Thursday 9 February, 2012—Video Diary 13.1 miles (Total 2836.3 miles) 26,200 steps (Total  6,331,601 steps)

2698.3 miles/ 6,061,601 steps Old James Ryan: [addressing Capt. Miller's grave] My family is with me today. They wanted to come with me. To be honest with you, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel coming back here. Every day I

21 November, 2011—Video Diary Basel, Switzerland to Mulhouse, France   22.5 miles (Total: 2107.2 miles) –45,000 steps (Total: 4,525,401 steps)

31 October, 2011 – Video Diary 11.6 miles (Total: 1871.1 miles) 23,200 steps (Total: 4,045,801 steps)    

28 October, 2011—Video Diary Thoughts on leaving Italy 20.4 miles (Total 1845.2 miles) 40,800 steps (Total: 3,994,001 steps)    

25 October, 2011 17.3 miles (Total 1813 miles) 34,600 steps (Total: 3,929,601 steps) Update—having miscalculated the distance from Stresa to Domodosolla on account of misplacing and mispurchasing my maps and found that I was unable to take the main road

2 October, 2011—Video Diary   18.9 miles (Total: 1612.8 miles) 37,800 steps (Total: 3,518, 201 steps)  

20 September, 2011 Kastav, Croatia to Podgrad, Slovenia 19.2 miles (Total: 1423.34 miles) 38,400 steps (Total: 2,798, 881 steps)  

    Day 130 (28 August, 2011) Rogoznica to Zaboric 18.01 miles (Total: 1203.9 miles) 36,000 steps (Total: 2,341, 091 steps) Day 131 (29 August, 2011) Zaboric to Vodice 21.1 miles (Total: 1225 miles) 42,200 steps (Total: 2,383, 291 steps)

Day 115 (13 August, 2011) Part 2—Video Diary Siroki Brijeg to Imotski, Croatia 23.2 miles (Total:  1087.5 miles) 46,400 steps (Total: 2,108,291 steps)  

Mostar to Split Day 114 (12 August, 2011): Mostar to Siroki Brijeg 16.4 miles (Total: 1064.3 miles) 32,800 steps (Total: 2,061,891 steps) Day 115 (13 August, 2011): Siroki Brijeg to Imotski, Croatia 23.2 miles (Total: 1087.5 miles) 46,400 steps (Total: 2,108,291 steps)

Video Diaries: A Little Local Knowledge…. 8 August, 2011 Konjic—Gornje Zimejie (via Boracko Lake) 28.6 miles (Total: 1029.7miles)—57,200 steps (Total: 1,992,691 steps) Context: Having had a few days in Konjic to study carefully the maps I had concluded that a

3 August, 2011   Sarajevo—Pazaric (a few miles north) 22.6 miles (Total: 977.8 miles)—45,200 steps (Total: 1,888,691 steps)

One year to the Olympics Opening Ceremony—Video diary—Reflections on the cost of war 27th July, 2011 Total: 955.2 miles–1,843,491 step “If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” Moshe Dayan (Israeli

Thoughts on leaving Montenegro 22nd July, 2011: video diary 26.7miles (Total: 913.6 miles) 53,400 (Total: 1,760,291 steps) “Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There

Record attempt – 21st July, 2011 36.7miles (Total: 886.9 miles) 73,400 (Total: 1,706,891 steps) “Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is

Bold measure required 18th July, 2011 36 miles (Total: 850.2 miles) 72,000 (Total: 1,633,491 steps) (over two days 16th and 18th of July) “Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply,

Uncertain arrival in Montenegro 14th July, 2011 15 Miles (Total: 814.2 miles)  30,000 (Total: 1,561,491 steps) “Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.” Karl Von Clausewitz I crossed into Montenegro confident that

18th July, 2011 Tirana to Mamuras 20.5 Miles (Total: 736.5 miles)  41,000 (Total: 1,406,091 steps) “They all said “Hallo” and felt awkward and unhappy suddenly, because it was sort of a goodbye they were saying, and they didn’t want to

Day 82 (12th July, 2011) Shkoder to Koplika and Albanian border to Tuzi, Montenegro 20.3 Miles (Total: 799.2 miles)  40,600 (Total: 1,531,491 steps) “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” Cicero  

Reflections on leaving Tirana: