by benhammond | Feb 13, 2024 | Prancing Adventures
I’m not a big believer in fate, what’s written in the stars, or mapped out or planned for us by any external force. To me life is a heady mixture of luck, context and genes – so much of our own individual path seems determined by the oceans buffeting our little tiny...
by benhammond | Jun 2, 2022 | Microadventures
My experience of the 2022 Ride London Essex 100 And so it came to race weekend. I’d set myself the challenge of cycling 100 miles in 8 hours or under, riding the only bike I owned (a super-heavy touring bike) coupled to a baby carrier-come-chariot and carting...
by benhammond | May 22, 2022 | Microadventures
Please forgive the non-prancing nature of this particular post – it’s a bit of a personal/family life update (with some challenge/adventure thrown in). 2022 has certainly been a rollercoaster so far. Anaaya is now 11 months old and is amazing and doing...
by benhammond | Jan 30, 2022 | Home, Prancing Adventures
In 2010 when I began my dodgy dancing escapades I was master of my own destiny in many ways – single, renting in a small flat in central London, and pretty much self-employed running my own charity with an employee count of one. Now twelve years later I’m...
by benhammond | Jan 22, 2022 | Home
We got the news on April fool’s day, but it wasn’t a joke. Trishna took the call and we both knew immediately. The test results had come back, and were serious enough to require immediate contact. We were invited in to meet the consultant at the...
