Moves, mishaps & mountains: behind the scenes of a Planet Prancer
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‘Be brave with your life’
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...
Chariot-racing when no-one else has a chariot
My experience of the 2022 Ride London Essex 100And 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...
Meningitis & The Cycle of Life
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...
The Life List
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...
Life changes direction
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...
And then there was Covid
Everything had been settling into place, gearing up as it had done in 2018 when I readied myself for America and '66. I'd begun the search for the right kit, replaced Barbara my trusty dancing...
The results are in!
So, thanks to the 158 friends, family, supporters and followers who voted, 2020 and beyond is decided: my next shuffling stop is................................................................
To Stick or to Twist?
I’ve got a big decision to make. With 2019 and all things wedding and honeymoon that came with it nearly done, and the new year on the horizon, what exactly is in store for me in 2020? I’ve...
Snowdon Summit Shuffle Stag-Do!
"I'm too busy with wedding preparations to have a stag-do", I said. "I'm not into pubs and drinking and bar crawls like standard stag-dos", I moaned. "I don't have a set group of male friends I'd...
I’m on CNN!
Thanks to some expert work by the press team at Anti-Slavery International, I took part in a transatlantic video call with CNN the day after I returned to the UK after my summer of sizzling...
It’s over. 12 reasons I nearly didn’t make it.
Dear friends, As I send this I’m sat on an AMTRAK train going back to LA as I continue the long journey home after what has undoubtedly been the biggest challenge of my life. I spent the...
‘Dance America: Part Two’ has landed!
Thbis was without doubt the hardest, most dangerous and most deeply personal challenge of all. It ended with me crumpled over my buggy, blubbing for all I'm worth after the most exhausting six weeks...
My (online) world comes crashing down
Yesterday on my rest day my dad said my site was down and he'd been unable to check in with my progress like usual via https://wwww.planetprancer.com/live. With little time to investigate, this...
My Prancing Plan: “This time I’ll be ready”
Dealing with dogs and other unsavoury critters Last time around dogs – or at least humans who didn’t fence in their dogs properly – were my biggest problem. In the end all I had to protect...
‘Dance America: Part One’ video is live
My first few hundred miles of dancing across America have been distilled into three minutes of short film - I hope you like the result! Big thanks to the very, very long list of people who made it...
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