by benhammond | Jul 19, 2018 | Dance America
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 myself was some insect repellent and a large bone bought from a Dollar...
by benhammond | Jul 17, 2018 | Dance America, PranceTube
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 all...
by benhammond | Jul 17, 2018 | Dance America
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 ago. Yet I know something far more challenging is coming my way. So,...
by benhammond | Apr 12, 2018 | Dance America, Prancing Peril
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 day and my body had, in the main, been holding up well. ...
by benhammond | Apr 11, 2018 | Dance America
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 they outshine the struggles with ease and will live far longer in the...
by benhammond | Apr 10, 2018 | Dance America, Prancing Peril
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 pumping both up, one stayed flat (= definite puncture) while the other...
