by benhammond | Aug 28, 2018 | Dance America, Prancing Peril
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 summer dancing through the Mojave desert of California and the heat,...
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 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...
by benhammond | Oct 27, 2012 | Dance Britain, Prancing Peril
It had been a long day of dancing, with a whole heap of hills between Bradford on Avon and Wells. Coupled with starting a day late and dancing over the Wiltshire town’s bridge with the Mayor and 50 or so fabulous dancing residents, this meant we’d only reached...
