Moves, mishaps & mountains: behind the scenes of a Planet Prancer
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...
‘Fear can hold you prisoner’ …The perils of this particular prance
I’m 30,000 feet in the air again and on my way back to Los Angeles. It’s all very familiar and I’m a lot calmer than the first time around – given I’ve done exactly this less than three months...
The Incredible Day.
Day 13: Barstow to Newberry Springs (25 miles) Today was to be the biggest yet: a 25-mile near-marathon through the desert. I thought I could handle it because it came off the back of a rest...
Roadside Rescues
Days 11 and 12 – Victorville to Barstow The attack of the canines – and in fact anything negative that’s happened on this first stage of my challenge – is counterbalanced by events so positive that...
Attack of the Rabid Dogs!
Day 11 – Victorville to Helendale Day 11 began fortuitously – on getting the buggy out of my host’s car (where it had been stored overnight), I immediately saw that both tyres were flat. On...
7 days down: the desert awaits
I’m now seven dancing days into my challenge to dance every step across the USA and here are my reflections from the road so far, with a little help from four Bs… Beds Although I claim that this...
Dance America: The Start
Here is the very beginning of my dance across America captured on film. Crazy-fun! https://youtu.be/7zmGtUkvFxI
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