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POSTPONED details coming soon, in the meantime Lavinia will be leading walks around the Cotswolds.
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Lavinia is attempting to become the first known female to travel the length of mainland Europe on foot. From the most northerly point - Northcape, Norway, walking around 5-7000km to Tarfia, Spain. Starting in August 2025, but first to become an Ironman!

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If this was your last summer, what would you do differently?

❄️Dates for the Diary❄️ @cotswoldventurers

We’ll be venturing to Ashton Keynes and Elkstone in November.

All details and booking will be added to the website next week.

Walks are all 9:30-11am and will be around the Cirencester / Cotswold area. Adults, children, dogs on leads welcome.

Please send any location requests, as I currently have too many possibilities 😫

Can’t wait to see you and get our boots muddy 🥾

❄️Dates for the Diary❄️ @cotswoldventurers

We’ll be venturing to Ashton Keynes and Elkstone in November.

All details and booking will be added to the website next week.

Walks are all 9:30-11am and will be around the Cirencester / Cotswold area. Adults, children, dogs on leads welcome.

Please send any location requests, as I currently have too many possibilities 😫

Can’t wait to see you and get our boots muddy 🥾

🥾 First two walks with @cotswoldventurers 🥾
My cup is so full 🥰, I’ve explored more of the beautiful #cotswoldlakes creating routes.

Seen so much nature: Mayflies, Fish, Deer, Rabbits, Redkites, Butteflies and more… Goats on an island! 🐐🏝️

Lots of flowers 🌸🌺🌼🌻

Climbed over a tree and stream checking routes / blocked paths 😅

Lost my phone by a lake in the dark 🤫

Met some wonderful new people and their dogs
Seen beautiful sunsets 🌅

If you’d like to discover some new routes to walk around Cirencester, whilst in a safe group environment, come along to the next walk:
Thursday 17th July, Sunday Funday 3rd August. Booking required.

I’m so excited for more Cotswold walks. Join the Facebook group “Cotswold Venturers” or follow on Instagram to see where we’re walking next @cotswoldventurers

🥾 First two walks with @cotswoldventurers 🥾
My cup is so full 🥰, I’ve explored more of the beautiful #cotswoldlakes creating routes.

Seen so much nature: Mayflies, Fish, Deer, Rabbits, Redkites, Butteflies and more… Goats on an island! 🐐🏝️

Lots of flowers 🌸🌺🌼🌻

Climbed over a tree and stream checking routes / blocked paths 😅

Lost my phone by a lake in the dark 🤫

Met some wonderful new people and their dogs
Seen beautiful sunsets 🌅

If you’d like to discover some new routes to walk around Cirencester, whilst in a safe group environment, come along to the next walk:
Thursday 17th July, Sunday Funday 3rd August. Booking required.

I’m so excited for more Cotswold walks. Join the Facebook group “Cotswold Venturers” or follow on Instagram to see where we’re walking next @cotswoldventurers

It’s not just a race: It’s the training 6 days a week in all weathers, the travel, the people, the sacrifices, the money…. Just to get to the start line it takes a lot.

The hardest part of registration was resisting all the gorgeous kit in my favourite colours in the @ironmandenmark

Entry includes an Ironman 70.3 race backpack and t-shirt so I didn’t go without some merch. However those bib shorts and sports bra 😍😍😍

It’s not just a race: It’s the training 6 days a week in all weathers, the travel, the people, the sacrifices, the money…. Just to get to the start line it takes a lot.

The hardest part of registration was resisting all the gorgeous kit in my favourite colours in the @ironmandenmark

Entry includes an Ironman 70.3 race backpack and t-shirt so I didn’t go without some merch. However those bib shorts and sports bra 😍😍😍

Need a push to get outside? Join me for a walk in South Cerney or Minety. Learn somewhere new you might not have walked before, meet some friendly people and stay for a cuppa and cake after (optional)!

4 Cotswold walks coming up, 6th July, 9th July, 17th July and 3rd Aug.

If you’re thinking of coming please book asap so I know numbers.

Adults from £7 and children free.

All funds will go towards my attempt to set the Fastest Known Time travelling on foot, over 5000km, around 20 miles aday from Norway to Spain.

Follow @cotswoldventurers and join the fb group to hear about all the walks planned for 2026 🥾

Need a push to get outside? Join me for a walk in South Cerney or Minety. Learn somewhere new you might not have walked before, meet some friendly people and stay for a cuppa and cake after (optional)!

4 Cotswold walks coming up, 6th July, 9th July, 17th July and 3rd Aug.

If you’re thinking of coming please book asap so I know numbers.

Adults from £7 and children free.

All funds will go towards my attempt to set the Fastest Known Time travelling on foot, over 5000km, around 20 miles aday from Norway to Spain.

Follow @cotswoldventurers and join the fb group to hear about all the walks planned for 2026 🥾

All I need todo now is prep my snack bag for the bike and get some sleep.

#ironman703elsinore let’s go!

Mindset is going from confident to nervous. The aim is to finish and not 💩 myself and have a great day 😃

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

To track me download the Ironman app and enter my name or #532 😜

Glasses & Caps @kyloeinthewild use code: LAVINIA15 for extra discount 😎

All I need todo now is prep my snack bag for the bike and get some sleep.

#ironman703elsinore let’s go!

Mindset is going from confident to nervous. The aim is to finish and not 💩 myself and have a great day 😃

Good luck to everyone racing this weekend 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

To track me download the Ironman app and enter my name or #532 😜

Glasses & Caps @kyloeinthewild use code: LAVINIA15 for extra discount 😎

There is never the right time to go….
I’m on Part 1 of my 3 challenges for this year.

Van camping my way to Denmark for #ironman703elsinore spending little money and enjoying the journey.

I have ulcerative colitis, being ill gave me a new perspective on life. We only get one.

Follow along @laviniadrake to see if I can complete all 3 challenges

There is never the right time to go….
I’m on Part 1 of my 3 challenges for this year.

Van camping my way to Denmark for #ironman703elsinore spending little money and enjoying the journey.

I have ulcerative colitis, being ill gave me a new perspective on life. We only get one.

Follow along @laviniadrake to see if I can complete all 3 challenges

Found the Ironman 70.3 events village and swim start and JELLLLLLLY FISH

Found the Ironman 70.3 events village and swim start and JELLLLLLLY FISH

I’ve arrived in Helsingør for Ironman 70.3 Elsinore 🥳
Have a cup of tea with me and watch me eat this new biscuit creation Cookeo Yum Dry Crunchy

I’ve arrived in Helsingør for Ironman 70.3 Elsinore 🥳
Have a cup of tea with me and watch me eat this new biscuit creation Cookeo Yum Dry Crunchy

That one time we didn’t wear sports clothes 😍 Don’t worry, we’re not losing our outdoorsiness, we slept in a carpark, woken at 4am by parakeets 🦜 and got ready at the services 😜

That one time we didn’t wear sports clothes 😍 Don’t worry, we’re not losing our outdoorsiness, we slept in a carpark, woken at 4am by parakeets 🦜 and got ready at the services 😜

Cycling goals 🤪 Same hobby, different levels! Who can relate?

Cycling goals 🤪 Same hobby, different levels! Who can relate?

Last lake swim done before heading to Denmark on Monday for Ironman 70.3 Elsinore. I’m hoping to finish the 70.3 and then the full distance Ironman in Kalmar to get the extra special medal and title “Viking of the North”. It can only be achieved by completing a full and half Ironman triathlon in Scandinavia during the same calendar year 🔨

Last lake swim done before heading to Denmark on Monday for Ironman 70.3 Elsinore. I’m hoping to finish the 70.3 and then the full distance Ironman in Kalmar to get the extra special medal and title “Viking of the North”. It can only be achieved by completing a full and half Ironman triathlon in Scandinavia during the same calendar year 🔨

Honestly looking at this smileys last week and during Blenheim Palace Triathlon Weekend Warrior gave me little boosts of happiness. Everyone needs smiley nails 💅

Book me to paint them for you! 💅 I’ve added them to my fundraising items on my website to help pay for the medical adventure course which cost £849, which I need to go on to learn how to keep safe when I walk the length of Europe from Norway to Spain starting in August.

I may not be a nail tech, but we can have a chat and make smileys 😁😍😁😍😁

Honestly looking at this smileys last week and during Blenheim Palace Triathlon Weekend Warrior gave me little boosts of happiness. Everyone needs smiley nails 💅

Book me to paint them for you! 💅 I’ve added them to my fundraising items on my website to help pay for the medical adventure course which cost £849, which I need to go on to learn how to keep safe when I walk the length of Europe from Norway to Spain starting in August.

I may not be a nail tech, but we can have a chat and make smileys 😁😍😁😍😁

Come walk with me 🥾 Wednesday 9th July 2025 9:30-11am.

Meet: @carles_coffee Cerney Wick Ln, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5LW

Free parking: Please car share where possible.
Toilets inside Carle’s Cafe where you are welcome to stay for a drink, cake and chat after the walk.

Start your Wednesday morning with a lovely walk outside in nature. Fill your lungs with fresh air, stretch your legs and clear your head.

Wednesday walks are open to all: Familes, friends, couples, solo walkers and dogs.

Each Wedneday walk will be different, so you can learn a new route around the Cotswolds without needing to keep checking a map or phone. Lavinia will lead the route so you don’t need to worry about getting lost.

Treasure Hunt: A card with things to find on the walk, this will be offered at the beginning of the walk and isn’t just for kids! Focusing on finding things whilst walking can open your eyes to things you might miss as well as being a form of mindfulness - so can help relieve some stress.

Accessability: The walks are not wheel friendly, due to uneven surfaces with mud, tree roots and stiles.

Children’s tickets are free, they will need to walk with an adult who can carry them if needed.

Dogs must be kept on leads.

What to expect:
Arrive at the carpark by 9:20, get your walking footwear on, coats, backpacks, suncream, water bottle etc.

Find Lavinia at the meeting place. Lavinia will give a welcome brief and overview of the walk, hand out Treasure Hunt Cards (optional).

9:30 the walk will begin. We’ll then walk, everyone walks at difference paces, we’ll pause at stiles etc when needed to regroup and ensure no-one is left behind.

We’ll then return to the start point around 11am. Everyone is welcome to stay for a drink, cake and a chat in the cafe after.

Please bring suitable footwear for the weather.

Booking required as spaces are limited.

Comment for the booking link 🔗

Come walk with me 🥾 Wednesday 9th July 2025 9:30-11am.

Meet: @carles_coffee Cerney Wick Ln, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 5LW

Free parking: Please car share where possible.
Toilets inside Carle’s Cafe where you are welcome to stay for a drink, cake and chat after the walk.

Start your Wednesday morning with a lovely walk outside in nature. Fill your lungs with fresh air, stretch your legs and clear your head.

Wednesday walks are open to all: Familes, friends, couples, solo walkers and dogs.

Each Wedneday walk will be different, so you can learn a new route around the Cotswolds without needing to keep checking a map or phone. Lavinia will lead the route so you don’t need to worry about getting lost.

Treasure Hunt: A card with things to find on the walk, this will be offered at the beginning of the walk and isn’t just for kids! Focusing on finding things whilst walking can open your eyes to things you might miss as well as being a form of mindfulness - so can help relieve some stress.

Accessability: The walks are not wheel friendly, due to uneven surfaces with mud, tree roots and stiles.

Children’s tickets are free, they will need to walk with an adult who can carry them if needed.

Dogs must be kept on leads.

What to expect:
Arrive at the carpark by 9:20, get your walking footwear on, coats, backpacks, suncream, water bottle etc.

Find Lavinia at the meeting place. Lavinia will give a welcome brief and overview of the walk, hand out Treasure Hunt Cards (optional).

9:30 the walk will begin. We’ll then walk, everyone walks at difference paces, we’ll pause at stiles etc when needed to regroup and ensure no-one is left behind.

We’ll then return to the start point around 11am. Everyone is welcome to stay for a drink, cake and a chat in the cafe after.

Please bring suitable footwear for the weather.

Booking required as spaces are limited.

Comment for the booking link 🔗

We = my bike and I 😂
Weekend Warrior at @blenheimpalacetriathlon ✅
After mechanical issues in race 1 and 2, then rain on race 3…. Sunday Race 4 was a dream. Fatigue hit in the last lap of the run on race 5!

A few problems cropped up but I’m glad they did as if they happened at Ironman 70.3 or Ironman I’ll be DNF.

Trialing a different saddle thanks to @discoverbikesuk & it’s booked in to have some work done on Thursday before I leave.

I leave for Denmark in 6 days. 😱

My first Sprint distance triathlon and I completed 5 over the weekend, the version of me 2 years ago would be so proud!!!

All that training adds up. So keep going and go at your own pace 💪

Follow along to see me van camp to Denmark for Ironman 70.3 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

We = my bike and I 😂
Weekend Warrior at @blenheimpalacetriathlon ✅
After mechanical issues in race 1 and 2, then rain on race 3…. Sunday Race 4 was a dream. Fatigue hit in the last lap of the run on race 5!

A few problems cropped up but I’m glad they did as if they happened at Ironman 70.3 or Ironman I’ll be DNF.

Trialing a different saddle thanks to @discoverbikesuk & it’s booked in to have some work done on Thursday before I leave.

I leave for Denmark in 6 days. 😱

My first Sprint distance triathlon and I completed 5 over the weekend, the version of me 2 years ago would be so proud!!!

All that training adds up. So keep going and go at your own pace 💪

Follow along to see me van camp to Denmark for Ironman 70.3 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

🥾Sunday Funday Walk - 6th July starting at @carles_coffee 9:30am around 5km taking 1.5hours 🌳

Meeting: Carle’s Coffee, Cerney Wick Ln, Cirencester GL7 5LW

Free Parking - Please car share where possible.
Cafe & Toilets onsite, everyone welcome to stay for a tea & cake after the walk.

Start your Sunday morning with a lovely walk outside in nature. Fill your lungs with fresh air, stretch your legs and clear your head.

Sunday Funday walks are open to all: Familes, friends, couples, solo walkers and dogs.

Each Sunday walk will be different, so you can learn a new route around the Cotswolds without needing to keep checking a map or phone. Lavinia will lead the route so you don’t need to worry about getting lost.

Treasure Hunt: A card with things to find on the walk, this will be offered at the beginning of the walk and isn’t just for kids! Focusing on finding things whilst walking can open your eyes to things you might miss as well as being a form of mindfulness - so can help relieve some stress.

Accessability: The walks are not wheel friendly, due to uneven surfaces with mud, tree roots and stiles.

Children’s tickets are free, they will need to walk with an adult who can carry them if needed.

Dogs must be kept on leads.

What to expect:
Arrive at the carpark by 9:20, get your walking footwear on, coats, backpacks, suncream, water bottle etc.
Find Lavinia at the meeting place. Lavinia will give a welcome brief and overview of the walk, hand out Treasure Hunt Cards (optional).

9:30 the walk will begin. We’ll then walk, everyone walks at difference paces, we’ll pause at stiles etc when needed to regroup and ensure no-one is left behind.
We’ll then return to the start point around 11am, if there is a cafe everyone is welcome to stay for a drink and a chat.

Please bring suitable footwear for the weather.

Booking required as spaces are limited.

Book via website laviniadrake.com/walks

🥾Sunday Funday Walk - 6th July starting at @carles_coffee 9:30am around 5km taking 1.5hours 🌳

Meeting: Carle’s Coffee, Cerney Wick Ln, Cirencester GL7 5LW

Free Parking - Please car share where possible.
Cafe & Toilets onsite, everyone welcome to stay for a tea & cake after the walk.

Start your Sunday morning with a lovely walk outside in nature. Fill your lungs with fresh air, stretch your legs and clear your head.

Sunday Funday walks are open to all: Familes, friends, couples, solo walkers and dogs.

Each Sunday walk will be different, so you can learn a new route around the Cotswolds without needing to keep checking a map or phone. Lavinia will lead the route so you don’t need to worry about getting lost.

Treasure Hunt: A card with things to find on the walk, this will be offered at the beginning of the walk and isn’t just for kids! Focusing on finding things whilst walking can open your eyes to things you might miss as well as being a form of mindfulness - so can help relieve some stress.

Accessability: The walks are not wheel friendly, due to uneven surfaces with mud, tree roots and stiles.

Children’s tickets are free, they will need to walk with an adult who can carry them if needed.

Dogs must be kept on leads.

What to expect:
Arrive at the carpark by 9:20, get your walking footwear on, coats, backpacks, suncream, water bottle etc.
Find Lavinia at the meeting place. Lavinia will give a welcome brief and overview of the walk, hand out Treasure Hunt Cards (optional).

9:30 the walk will begin. We’ll then walk, everyone walks at difference paces, we’ll pause at stiles etc when needed to regroup and ensure no-one is left behind.
We’ll then return to the start point around 11am, if there is a cafe everyone is welcome to stay for a drink and a chat.

Please bring suitable footwear for the weather.

Booking required as spaces are limited.

Book via website laviniadrake.com/walks

Starting a new career, hobby, relationship, moving somewhere new… can be scary, the imposter syndrome appears, self doubt, anxiety, the unknown, fear.

Those uncomfortable feelings in the middle as you leave the safety of the old you and navigate into the unknown.

Keep going, you are stronger than you know. A better, happier version of you is waiting for you, you just need to get through the uncomfortable part to reach her 💖 Remember why you started the journey and keep moving forward 💖

Starting a new career, hobby, relationship, moving somewhere new… can be scary, the imposter syndrome appears, self doubt, anxiety, the unknown, fear.

Those uncomfortable feelings in the middle as you leave the safety of the old you and navigate into the unknown.

Keep going, you are stronger than you know. A better, happier version of you is waiting for you, you just need to get through the uncomfortable part to reach her 💖 Remember why you started the journey and keep moving forward 💖

Ok new motto: just do it, don’t think!
Friday night I was stressing about raising awareness and just getting no replies or rejection emails to help for my 5000km+ walk. Saturday morning I dug out the 💩 suit and made a quick sign in the car on way to Tetbury Park Run. Push my comfort zone.

It was very hot 💩

I took it off after park run (I was melting🫠) and finished a 2hour run as part of my Ironman training.

Today I see this on Facebook 😂😂😂

I better get the next part of my website done as people have been looking 👀

Had some lovely chats with fellow park runners whilst running. Such a great community.

How can you help? Follow me and share with your friends, more to come 💩

Ok new motto: just do it, don’t think!
Friday night I was stressing about raising awareness and just getting no replies or rejection emails to help for my 5000km+ walk. Saturday morning I dug out the 💩 suit and made a quick sign in the car on way to Tetbury Park Run. Push my comfort zone.

It was very hot 💩

I took it off after park run (I was melting🫠) and finished a 2hour run as part of my Ironman training.

Today I see this on Facebook 😂😂😂

I better get the next part of my website done as people have been looking 👀

Had some lovely chats with fellow park runners whilst running. Such a great community.

How can you help? Follow me and share with your friends, more to come 💩

If you’re having a bad day, go outside and find 5-10 things and let your stresses disappear 🌳

I’ve been struggling mentally recently the overwhelm of planning to be away for 6 months walking the length of Europe. Still waiting on vital information so I can plan the route etc regarding world records. Tiredness from Ironman training, it all mounts up. There is just a lot going on, which I am super grateful for this opportunity. To pull myself out of the hole I’m focusing on finding things whilst out training which bring happiness.

Here are 5 things from this weekend triathlon training:
1. I wore the 💩 suit to Park Run raise awareness of the N2S trip & challenge my comfort zone, made some people smile, I also told someone I was walking the U.K. (not Norway to Spain?!)

2. My nails matching my socks, matching my yoga mat, matching my smoothie

2. The cafe letting us sit out of the wind whilst we drank tea as I’d had enough of the wind, whilst they cleaned around us.

3. Chelsea buns 🍒🍒

4. Finding fishes all over Tetbury 🐟🐟

5. Smelling elderflower, I picked some to take home and it still smells wonderful 🌼

If you’re having a bad day, go outside and find 5-10 things and let your stresses disappear 🌳

I’ve been struggling mentally recently the overwhelm of planning to be away for 6 months walking the length of Europe. Still waiting on vital information so I can plan the route etc regarding world records. Tiredness from Ironman training, it all mounts up. There is just a lot going on, which I am super grateful for this opportunity. To pull myself out of the hole I’m focusing on finding things whilst out training which bring happiness.

Here are 5 things from this weekend triathlon training:
1. I wore the 💩 suit to Park Run raise awareness of the N2S trip & challenge my comfort zone, made some people smile, I also told someone I was walking the U.K. (not Norway to Spain?!)

2. My nails matching my socks, matching my yoga mat, matching my smoothie

2. The cafe letting us sit out of the wind whilst we drank tea as I’d had enough of the wind, whilst they cleaned around us.

3. Chelsea buns 🍒🍒

4. Finding fishes all over Tetbury 🐟🐟

5. Smelling elderflower, I picked some to take home and it still smells wonderful 🌼

We close our eyes for the last time….and this is exactly why I’ve 2 big challenges for 2025. Life is too short to wait, that perfect time never comes.
Whilst my Ulcerative Colitis is under control, I’m taking on the challenge of becoming an Ironman “Viking of the North” (part 1 is IM 70.3 Elsinore in June, part 2 IM in August) and a week later I will begin walking the length of Europe over 5000km from Norway to Spain, because if I don’t do it this year, even though the timing isn’t perfect… it might never happen. Tomorrow is not guaranteed….

Videos mostly @iamsamgurney
Glasses @kyloeinthewild

We close our eyes for the last time….and this is exactly why I’ve 2 big challenges for 2025. Life is too short to wait, that perfect time never comes.
Whilst my Ulcerative Colitis is under control, I’m taking on the challenge of becoming an Ironman “Viking of the North” (part 1 is IM 70.3 Elsinore in June, part 2 IM in August) and a week later I will begin walking the length of Europe over 5000km from Norway to Spain, because if I don’t do it this year, even though the timing isn’t perfect… it might never happen. Tomorrow is not guaranteed….

Videos mostly @iamsamgurney
Glasses @kyloeinthewild

84 days to go live whilst on a long run!

Walk news

Trying to get out of a misery hole so I wore my 💩 to park run!

Donate button is live on the website and I’ll be creating a fundraising target detail soon…. Just a lot todo with training and I’m finding it overwhelming keeping up with basic life tasks. Anyway we keep going as I will get out of this hole

Now what is this weird torture device???

84 days to go live whilst on a long run!

Walk news

Trying to get out of a misery hole so I wore my 💩 to park run!

Donate button is live on the website and I’ll be creating a fundraising target detail soon…. Just a lot todo with training and I’m finding it overwhelming keeping up with basic life tasks. Anyway we keep going as I will get out of this hole

Now what is this weird torture device???

I’ve been struggling mentally with overwhelm, motivation and tiredness. My weekend Ironman training included a 2:45 hr run, 30 mins of yoga, followed by a 6 hr Brick the next day, with insane winds that were throwing the bike all over the road. After crying in a lay-by and then quickly moving as a creepy man pulled up smiling at me. I decided to look for 10 things, this gave me focus and got me out of my head (some are from the day before):

1. Cyclistist who have a massive 👍 and asked if I was ok?
2. The giant daisies blowing in the wind
3. People running a 100mile relay race with batons up a mile long steep hill
4. Getting a free Coconut Hot Chocolate
5. Park Run with a guy who described the course all the way around to keep his first timer friends going 😂 3 laps of “nearly there”
6. Weird concrete block in the woods
7. Sneaking my bike into @puregym_cirencester and getting a hug from gym friend who I’d not seen in months
8. Greggs wedges fitting in my cycling bag for the ride home
9. The LION in someone’s garden.
10. Awesome name on a gravestone “Axel Thor…”

Let me know if you do this…. What is the weirdest thing you’ve seen in someone’s garden ?

I’ve been struggling mentally with overwhelm, motivation and tiredness. My weekend Ironman training included a 2:45 hr run, 30 mins of yoga, followed by a 6 hr Brick the next day, with insane winds that were throwing the bike all over the road. After crying in a lay-by and then quickly moving as a creepy man pulled up smiling at me. I decided to look for 10 things, this gave me focus and got me out of my head (some are from the day before):

1. Cyclistist who have a massive 👍 and asked if I was ok?
2. The giant daisies blowing in the wind
3. People running a 100mile relay race with batons up a mile long steep hill
4. Getting a free Coconut Hot Chocolate
5. Park Run with a guy who described the course all the way around to keep his first timer friends going 😂 3 laps of “nearly there”
6. Weird concrete block in the woods
7. Sneaking my bike into @puregym_cirencester and getting a hug from gym friend who I’d not seen in months
8. Greggs wedges fitting in my cycling bag for the ride home
9. The LION in someone’s garden.
10. Awesome name on a gravestone “Axel Thor…”

Let me know if you do this…. What is the weirdest thing you’ve seen in someone’s garden ?

10 mile TT (time trial) yes they look really intimidating, most people are wearing sperm helmets, have bikes worth more than my belongings and some even get paid todo it!

I didn’t think I’d like racing, I’m a slow and steady endurance girl. Last night was my 5th 10 miler and although I came 28/28 riders, I improved my 10 mile PB in horrible windy conditions, got to try out the @zone3official tri suit ready for Blenheim Palace Triathlon in 2 weeks time. I also had great fun screaming at pot holes and was even sick in my mouth! My front light is actually a head torch and I’m wearing Christmas socks, the funny thing is despite me not being very quick or pro I’m currently 2nd on the female leader board for the season because I turn up and finish🤣🤣🤣🤣 going to try a different location next week, see how serious and scary they are 🫣

Photo @jeremyallen65
Glasses @kyloeinthewild code: LAVINIA15 works with their b1g1free offer 😎

10 mile TT (time trial) yes they look really intimidating, most people are wearing sperm helmets, have bikes worth more than my belongings and some even get paid todo it!

I didn’t think I’d like racing, I’m a slow and steady endurance girl. Last night was my 5th 10 miler and although I came 28/28 riders, I improved my 10 mile PB in horrible windy conditions, got to try out the @zone3official tri suit ready for Blenheim Palace Triathlon in 2 weeks time. I also had great fun screaming at pot holes and was even sick in my mouth! My front light is actually a head torch and I’m wearing Christmas socks, the funny thing is despite me not being very quick or pro I’m currently 2nd on the female leader board for the season because I turn up and finish🤣🤣🤣🤣 going to try a different location next week, see how serious and scary they are 🫣

Photo @jeremyallen65
Glasses @kyloeinthewild code: LAVINIA15 works with their b1g1free offer 😎

Same hobby different levels. Who can relate??

(Just for fun, Sam is actually really good and doesn’t cycle ahead accept when attacking hills!)

Same hobby different levels. Who can relate??

(Just for fun, Sam is actually really good and doesn’t cycle ahead accept when attacking hills!)

92 Days until I start my attempt at setting the female record for traveling the length of Europe on foot. From NorthCape, Norway to Tarifa, Spain.

Adventure Medicine Course in the Lake District is booked! This will give me outdoor skills to staying safe and knowing what todo if I have a medical issue. I’ve paid the £125 deposit but need help paying the remaining balance of £724 due 8th June. If you can help please get in touch.

I‘m going to be hosting walks (come join me in the Cotswolds) before I leave in August and then in 2026. These will be ticketed and the money raised will pay for the course and other bits on my trip.

Grab a cuppa and watch the rest to hear about some highs and lows from the week 🥳🥾

92 Days until I start my attempt at setting the female record for traveling the length of Europe on foot. From NorthCape, Norway to Tarifa, Spain.

Adventure Medicine Course in the Lake District is booked! This will give me outdoor skills to staying safe and knowing what todo if I have a medical issue. I’ve paid the £125 deposit but need help paying the remaining balance of £724 due 8th June. If you can help please get in touch.

I‘m going to be hosting walks (come join me in the Cotswolds) before I leave in August and then in 2026. These will be ticketed and the money raised will pay for the course and other bits on my trip.

Grab a cuppa and watch the rest to hear about some highs and lows from the week 🥳🥾

I’m loving training for an Ironman triathlon but some days I struggle with motivation.

Here are 3 things which can help you get out on the run:

1. Arrange to meet a friend for a run and determine the distance or time before you meet, so you hold each other accountable to the run, you’ll have a great time chatting and exercising. 👯👯‍♀️👯‍♂️

2. Order something on Vinted and have it sent to “not the nearest” drop off point, then run to collect it. You’ll get to run a different route and get a prize at the end. Option to walk/run back! 🎁💝🎁

3. Book a race event which is out of your comfort zone (ran a 10k, book a 1/2 Marathon), now imagine yourself crossing the finish line 🏁 how will you feel? Could you raise money for charity? Giving yourself extra purpose will get you motivated for the challenge or charity, providing you with a higher level of motivation to get out running. 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

Comment your motivation ideas below, I can always do with more 😝?👇

I’m loving training for an Ironman triathlon but some days I struggle with motivation.

Here are 3 things which can help you get out on the run:

1. Arrange to meet a friend for a run and determine the distance or time before you meet, so you hold each other accountable to the run, you’ll have a great time chatting and exercising. 👯👯‍♀️👯‍♂️

2. Order something on Vinted and have it sent to “not the nearest” drop off point, then run to collect it. You’ll get to run a different route and get a prize at the end. Option to walk/run back! 🎁💝🎁

3. Book a race event which is out of your comfort zone (ran a 10k, book a 1/2 Marathon), now imagine yourself crossing the finish line 🏁 how will you feel? Could you raise money for charity? Giving yourself extra purpose will get you motivated for the challenge or charity, providing you with a higher level of motivation to get out running. 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️

Comment your motivation ideas below, I can always do with more 😝?👇

Join me…Walks coming in June & July, then weekly for 2026!! 🥾

94 days until I begin hiking from Norway to Spain on foot in an attempt to be the first female to walk the length of EUROPE, crossing 6 countries…but I’ll need your help…. Follow along for more details 🥾

Walking trousers @acaioutdoorwear
Glasses & Cap @kyloeinthewild

Join me…Walks coming in June & July, then weekly for 2026!! 🥾

94 days until I begin hiking from Norway to Spain on foot in an attempt to be the first female to walk the length of EUROPE, crossing 6 countries…but I’ll need your help…. Follow along for more details 🥾

Walking trousers @acaioutdoorwear
Glasses & Cap @kyloeinthewild

Part 1: How to soft launch your partner on social! Take a video or photo of yourself and ensure they are mostly out of shot but show enough of them to peak your homegirls beady eyes 👀

Wearing @kyloeinthewild glasses code LAVINIA15 🤫

Part 1: How to soft launch your partner on social! Take a video or photo of yourself and ensure they are mostly out of shot but show enough of them to peak your homegirls beady eyes 👀

Wearing @kyloeinthewild glasses code LAVINIA15 🤫

I forgot the main symptom: abdominal pain and bloody diahorrea 💩🩸

Today is #InflammatoryBowelDisease Day, I have Ulcerative Colitis which is a type of IBD the other being Crohn’s Disease. Ulcers form inside the large intestine, these ulcers bleed and are very painful, they cause diarrhoea. People don’t like talking about 💩 so it doesn’t get as much awareness as other diseases.

If you experience left sided abdominal pain, blood in your 💩 or urgency, please visit @crohnsandcolitisuk for a online symptom checker.

Learning to live with an incurable disease is hard. I decided to fight back and not let it stop me, I am experiencing a symptom in every one of these videos, except the last but I am carrying a spare pair of 🩲and 🧻 in my bike bag - this calms the “toilet anxiety” despite currently being in remission (symptom free) and very grateful for good health 💜

I forgot the main symptom: abdominal pain and bloody diahorrea 💩🩸

Today is #InflammatoryBowelDisease Day, I have Ulcerative Colitis which is a type of IBD the other being Crohn’s Disease. Ulcers form inside the large intestine, these ulcers bleed and are very painful, they cause diarrhoea. People don’t like talking about 💩 so it doesn’t get as much awareness as other diseases.

If you experience left sided abdominal pain, blood in your 💩 or urgency, please visit @crohnsandcolitisuk for a online symptom checker.

Learning to live with an incurable disease is hard. I decided to fight back and not let it stop me, I am experiencing a symptom in every one of these videos, except the last but I am carrying a spare pair of 🩲and 🧻 in my bike bag - this calms the “toilet anxiety” despite currently being in remission (symptom free) and very grateful for good health 💜

Thursday Live: 99 Days to go…. Until set off from the top of Norway heading to the South of Spain. Crossing 6 countries on foot.

Safety is the main thing people ask me about which is why my goal for this week is to book the Medical Adventure Course so I can learn some survival skills, orienteering etc and know what todo if I sprain my ankle.

The course is £849 😭 if any businesses would like to sponsor it please get in touch 🙏

I’m going to crowdfund the funds by offering a program of walks. 🥾

For two years I ran a local walking group, which I’ll be restarting around the Cotswolds - Wiltshire - Gloucestershire area.

Listen to the live to hear more about Female Friday.

If there is somewhere you’ve been wanting to walk but don’t know where let me know. Walks so far will range from: Avebury Stone Circle, to Finding the Source of the Thames.

There will no doubt be some more Thames Path focused walks as I am currently the First and Only person to have walked the whole Thames Path 187 miles dressed as a 💩

Please follow, like and comment when you can as it all helps tell the app to push my content more which will in term help me complete this adventure. 🙏

Feeling very grateful for health, life, good people, kind words and good weather today 💜💜💜

Thursday Live: 99 Days to go…. Until set off from the top of Norway heading to the South of Spain. Crossing 6 countries on foot.

Safety is the main thing people ask me about which is why my goal for this week is to book the Medical Adventure Course so I can learn some survival skills, orienteering etc and know what todo if I sprain my ankle.

The course is £849 😭 if any businesses would like to sponsor it please get in touch 🙏

I’m going to crowdfund the funds by offering a program of walks. 🥾

For two years I ran a local walking group, which I’ll be restarting around the Cotswolds - Wiltshire - Gloucestershire area.

Listen to the live to hear more about Female Friday.

If there is somewhere you’ve been wanting to walk but don’t know where let me know. Walks so far will range from: Avebury Stone Circle, to Finding the Source of the Thames.

There will no doubt be some more Thames Path focused walks as I am currently the First and Only person to have walked the whole Thames Path 187 miles dressed as a 💩

Please follow, like and comment when you can as it all helps tell the app to push my content more which will in term help me complete this adventure. 🙏

Feeling very grateful for health, life, good people, kind words and good weather today 💜💜💜

Thursday Live will be Friday 12pm, I have some news 🥳
Acknowledging 100 days until I set off from Northcape, Norway on a quest to be the first known female to travel the length of Europe on foot to Tarifa, Spain. I’m waiting on a reply with the requirements from that well know 🌍 Record recording organisation to see how I need to document it all.
Have a fantastic evening and hug your loved ones 💖🥾💜

Thursday Live will be Friday 12pm, I have some news 🥳
Acknowledging 100 days until I set off from Northcape, Norway on a quest to be the first known female to travel the length of Europe on foot to Tarifa, Spain. I’m waiting on a reply with the requirements from that well know 🌍 Record recording organisation to see how I need to document it all.
Have a fantastic evening and hug your loved ones 💖🥾💜

New to triathlon and worried about the cut off times? My biggest worry for Ironman 70.3 was the cut off times. Making these changes helped me saved minutes and ensured I was out of transition with plenty of time to enjoy the race. Follow me as I prepare for my first full distance Ironman triathlon 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

New to triathlon and worried about the cut off times? My biggest worry for Ironman 70.3 was the cut off times. Making these changes helped me saved minutes and ensured I was out of transition with plenty of time to enjoy the race. Follow me as I prepare for my first full distance Ironman triathlon 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

August 2025 I’ll begin a 5-7000km journey from Norway to Spain on foot a week after completing an Ironman triathlon 🤞. Planning to become the First Known Female to walk the length of Europe 🥳. These are my biggest fears. Follow along to see if I make it 🫣

August 2025 I’ll begin a 5-7000km journey from Norway to Spain on foot a week after completing an Ironman triathlon 🤞. Planning to become the First Known Female to walk the length of Europe 🥳. These are my biggest fears. Follow along to see if I make it 🫣

1. I goto a Park Run, which takes up the first 5km of my mind being distracted by other runners, I then run on to the nearby town or landmark

2. I break the time down and focus on each time section: eg Park Run 30mins, then run 45 mins down tow path, turn around and run 45 mins back to start point = 2 hour run and I only remember doing the last 45 mins!

3. I have reminders on my Garmin which tells me to drink every 10mins and eat every 2.5km, it gives me something to look forward to and focus on when struggling, plus it keeps me fuelled and finish not feeling depleted

What helps you?

1. I goto a Park Run, which takes up the first 5km of my mind being distracted by other runners, I then run on to the nearby town or landmark

2. I break the time down and focus on each time section: eg Park Run 30mins, then run 45 mins down tow path, turn around and run 45 mins back to start point = 2 hour run and I only remember doing the last 45 mins!

3. I have reminders on my Garmin which tells me to drink every 10mins and eat every 2.5km, it gives me something to look forward to and focus on when struggling, plus it keeps me fuelled and finish not feeling depleted

What helps you?

Reframing those negative thoughts and counting my blessings. I’ve just spilt porridge down my clothes, I’m grateful I have porridge to spill ☺️

Reframing those negative thoughts and counting my blessings. I’ve just spilt porridge down my clothes, I’m grateful I have porridge to spill ☺️

15 weeks until I begin walking from Norway to Spain, the length of Europe!
Feeling a bit flat, negative and demotivated to be honest. I said I’d share as much as I could from behind the scenes and that has to include the harder times. Not that anything major has happened yet!

Gaining sponsorship is hard as companies either don’t respond or they say I need over 2000 followers. I’m sure I will have once I start but that’s not helpful for now when I’m trying to get all my ducks in a row!

Training for Ironman is taking longer and tbh making me tired 😂😂😂 what a surprise!!
The Ironman is a week before I start walking. I know doing both was just me overloading myself with challenges and I am very privileged to be in a position (rightly or wrongly) where I have no responsibility (the traditional kind most people do my age)- that’s not really how I’d imagined my life at 37 but here we are. I decided in January 2024 I could either be miserable about where I was at or make the most of it and create a new life for myself. So far everything I’ve visualised has come true. I need to keep focusing on my vision for this epic journey and for 2026. It’s not going to be easy, and I need to remind myself that.

This is also the purpose of these lives, so I can be honest and I can look back in a years time and say, “look at you, you kept going and you did it”.

Thank you for reading and joining my washing up 🥲

15 weeks until I begin walking from Norway to Spain, the length of Europe!
Feeling a bit flat, negative and demotivated to be honest. I said I’d share as much as I could from behind the scenes and that has to include the harder times. Not that anything major has happened yet!

Gaining sponsorship is hard as companies either don’t respond or they say I need over 2000 followers. I’m sure I will have once I start but that’s not helpful for now when I’m trying to get all my ducks in a row!

Training for Ironman is taking longer and tbh making me tired 😂😂😂 what a surprise!!
The Ironman is a week before I start walking. I know doing both was just me overloading myself with challenges and I am very privileged to be in a position (rightly or wrongly) where I have no responsibility (the traditional kind most people do my age)- that’s not really how I’d imagined my life at 37 but here we are. I decided in January 2024 I could either be miserable about where I was at or make the most of it and create a new life for myself. So far everything I’ve visualised has come true. I need to keep focusing on my vision for this epic journey and for 2026. It’s not going to be easy, and I need to remind myself that.

This is also the purpose of these lives, so I can be honest and I can look back in a years time and say, “look at you, you kept going and you did it”.

Thank you for reading and joining my washing up 🥲

What’s your weekend looking like? Make me jealous…

6 weeks out from Ironman 70.3 Elsinore, I have:
SAT: 2hr 15min Run 🏃‍♀️
30 min Yoga 🧘‍♀️

Tip run and leg waxing 🥲

SUN: 4hr 30min Bike 🚴‍♀️
45min Run 🏃‍♀️

Hoping to escape for a van camp somewhere 🚙

MON: Rest day 😴 TBC

What’s your weekend looking like? Make me jealous…

6 weeks out from Ironman 70.3 Elsinore, I have:
SAT: 2hr 15min Run 🏃‍♀️
30 min Yoga 🧘‍♀️

Tip run and leg waxing 🥲

SUN: 4hr 30min Bike 🚴‍♀️
45min Run 🏃‍♀️

Hoping to escape for a van camp somewhere 🚙

MON: Rest day 😴 TBC

16 weeks until I set off from Norway to walk the length of Europe, passing through 6 countries, covering 5-7000km with the goal of being the first known female to do so! But first I have to complete an Ironman in Sweden 🤪
Here is my live check in.

☕️Grab a drink or put it on whilst you put the washing away!

Ask me some questions I can answer next Thursday 🙏

Thank you 🤩

P.s the pizza is crispy as on the edge and soft in the middle and it’s all cold now 😂

16 weeks until I set off from Norway to walk the length of Europe, passing through 6 countries, covering 5-7000km with the goal of being the first known female to do so! But first I have to complete an Ironman in Sweden 🤪
Here is my live check in.

☕️Grab a drink or put it on whilst you put the washing away!

Ask me some questions I can answer next Thursday 🙏

Thank you 🤩

P.s the pizza is crispy as on the edge and soft in the middle and it’s all cold now 😂

✨Write it down, make it happen. ✨
My 2025 events, ending with the big one! Just a long walk from Norway to Spain in an attempt be the first known female to do so. No matter how big or small your idea is, write it down and start taking little steps to make it happen ✨

✨Write it down, make it happen. ✨
My 2025 events, ending with the big one! Just a long walk from Norway to Spain in an attempt be the first known female to do so. No matter how big or small your idea is, write it down and start taking little steps to make it happen ✨

Took the suction phone holder out for a long run, the adverts made it look so useful…. Trying to work out what to take when I walk 5-7000km from Norway to Spain later this year in an attempt to be the first female to do so. But if I can’t film myself l, how will y’all come along for the fun?

Took the suction phone holder out for a long run, the adverts made it look so useful…. Trying to work out what to take when I walk 5-7000km from Norway to Spain later this year in an attempt to be the first female to do so. But if I can’t film myself l, how will y’all come along for the fun?

I have a microphone, my suction thing and I’m going to try out being fun, fun, fun on my run, run, run! Every surface I see I can stick the phone to, I will. See what I get. I realise the irony of this video 🤪

I have a microphone, my suction thing and I’m going to try out being fun, fun, fun on my run, run, run! Every surface I see I can stick the phone to, I will. See what I get. I realise the irony of this video 🤪

Posting this from 2 weeks ago, to inspire me to get out on a 1hr 40min run. After a very busy Easter week, trip to the Lake District, Easter Triathlon, moving out a work unit etc, my battery for doing stuff is low. Thinking about the bigger picture and what I want to achieve over the next year…..refocus the motivation!
Glass & cap @kyloeinthewild get 15% off on top of b1g1f with code: LAVINIA15

Posting this from 2 weeks ago, to inspire me to get out on a 1hr 40min run. After a very busy Easter week, trip to the Lake District, Easter Triathlon, moving out a work unit etc, my battery for doing stuff is low. Thinking about the bigger picture and what I want to achieve over the next year…..refocus the motivation!
Glass & cap @kyloeinthewild get 15% off on top of b1g1f with code: LAVINIA15

Live from Little Man in the Lake District on way to Skiiiiidddawwww
Testing live with low signal

Live from Little Man in the Lake District on way to Skiiiiidddawwww
Testing live with low signal

August 2021: Yes you have Ulcerative Colitis, please get dressed you can go home 👋

It would take a further 5 days of me calling the hospital and Drs repeatedly for someone to look at my results, once a Dr looked they wanted me to go straight into hospital for IV steroids and told I shouldn’t have been sent home after the colonoscopy.

The first 6 weeks of IBD diagnosis were scary, stressful and I felt awful, I was signed off work but running a business meant I still had to work when I could from home.

Now I have an assigned IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) nurse which makes it a lot easier monitoring my health and medication. @crohnsandcolitisuk Charity website was a huge help for information. I read everything I could to understand what I was now living with. A day doesn’t go by without me thinking about it, every time I get some abdominal pain or think about certain food or take my medication. I’m grateful to of had the wake up call and value my life even more now. You could be running a 10k and then pooing blood on the side of the motorway 2 days later, life can change so quickly

August 2021: Yes you have Ulcerative Colitis, please get dressed you can go home 👋

It would take a further 5 days of me calling the hospital and Drs repeatedly for someone to look at my results, once a Dr looked they wanted me to go straight into hospital for IV steroids and told I shouldn’t have been sent home after the colonoscopy.

The first 6 weeks of IBD diagnosis were scary, stressful and I felt awful, I was signed off work but running a business meant I still had to work when I could from home.

Now I have an assigned IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) nurse which makes it a lot easier monitoring my health and medication. @crohnsandcolitisuk Charity website was a huge help for information. I read everything I could to understand what I was now living with. A day doesn’t go by without me thinking about it, every time I get some abdominal pain or think about certain food or take my medication. I’m grateful to of had the wake up call and value my life even more now. You could be running a 10k and then pooing blood on the side of the motorway 2 days later, life can change so quickly

19 Week Until I set off from Northcape, Norway to Tarifa, Spain.

Thursday Live Check in

19 Week Until I set off from Northcape, Norway to Tarifa, Spain.

Thursday Live Check in

There are lots of reasons to not go, but what if this was my last summer?

16th August I aim to finish Ironman Kalmar, Sweden.

25th August 2025 I will set off from Northcape in Norway on the quest to become to first female to travel on foot to Tarifa, Spain. The most northerly to southerly points of mainland Europe.

What is your quest this year? Personal challenge? Dream holiday destination? New career? Comment below

Glasses & caps @kyloeinthewild discount code: LAVINIA15

There are lots of reasons to not go, but what if this was my last summer?

16th August I aim to finish Ironman Kalmar, Sweden.

25th August 2025 I will set off from Northcape in Norway on the quest to become to first female to travel on foot to Tarifa, Spain. The most northerly to southerly points of mainland Europe.

What is your quest this year? Personal challenge? Dream holiday destination? New career? Comment below

Glasses & caps @kyloeinthewild discount code: LAVINIA15

Bike, Run, Yoga = 2 weeks until the EASTER TRIATHLON 🐰.

👯‍♂️Tested out the tri suits 👯‍♂️

Sam “Wow there is less padding than cycling shorts” 🤣

Suits @zone3official
Glasses & Cap @kyloeinthewild use code LAVINIA15 plus buy 1 get 1 free

Bike, Run, Yoga = 2 weeks until the EASTER TRIATHLON 🐰.

👯‍♂️Tested out the tri suits 👯‍♂️

Sam “Wow there is less padding than cycling shorts” 🤣

Suits @zone3official
Glasses & Cap @kyloeinthewild use code LAVINIA15 plus buy 1 get 1 free

20 weeks until I will begin walking from the most northerly point of mainland Europe Northcape, Norway to the most southern - Tarifa, Spain. But first I have Ironman Kalmar, Sweden in 19 weeks. Because I wanted todo both and didn’t want to wait another year for the weather change and whilst my health is good!

The journey has begun, it couldn’t be possible without: Planning, Training & Support ❤️

Pink Cap @kyloeinthewild discount code: LAVINIA15

20 weeks until I will begin walking from the most northerly point of mainland Europe Northcape, Norway to the most southern - Tarifa, Spain. But first I have Ironman Kalmar, Sweden in 19 weeks. Because I wanted todo both and didn’t want to wait another year for the weather change and whilst my health is good!

The journey has begun, it couldn’t be possible without: Planning, Training & Support ❤️

Pink Cap @kyloeinthewild discount code: LAVINIA15

20 weeks until I walk from Norway to Spain.

Got completely flustered by having live watchers commenting - thank you it was a great experience for me.

Thursday checkin:
Planning ❌
Swimathon 🏅🏅🏅
UC Health 🪫🔋
Website ❌
YouTube 🎉
TikTok 🤳🏽
Easter Triathlon 🥚
Goals: Website live by next week 💻
Post 3 videos including checkin to YouTube

20 weeks until I walk from Norway to Spain.

Got completely flustered by having live watchers commenting - thank you it was a great experience for me.

Thursday checkin:
Planning ❌
Swimathon 🏅🏅🏅
UC Health 🪫🔋
Website ❌
YouTube 🎉
TikTok 🤳🏽
Easter Triathlon 🥚
Goals: Website live by next week 💻
Post 3 videos including checkin to YouTube

Swimathon Part 3 ✅ By day 3 my body had odd aches and intermittent foot cramp, shoulders were aching a little for the last 100 lengths. However like meditation by brain just went somewhere else and this felt the quickest, I zoned out, sucked a @veloforte chew which I stuck to the top of my mouth, this eased my sore throat and meant I didn’t have to keep stopping for water. Before I knew it the lap counter was shouting “10 to go”. Highly recommend signing up for the @swimathon_uk 2026, great way to keep swim motivated in winter and push yourself to a swim distance, they range from 400m - 5000m
Glasses @kyloeinthewild use LAVINIA15 for extra 15% off on top of their buy one get one free

Swimathon Part 3 ✅ By day 3 my body had odd aches and intermittent foot cramp, shoulders were aching a little for the last 100 lengths. However like meditation by brain just went somewhere else and this felt the quickest, I zoned out, sucked a @veloforte chew which I stuck to the top of my mouth, this eased my sore throat and meant I didn’t have to keep stopping for water. Before I knew it the lap counter was shouting “10 to go”. Highly recommend signing up for the @swimathon_uk 2026, great way to keep swim motivated in winter and push yourself to a swim distance, they range from 400m - 5000m
Glasses @kyloeinthewild use LAVINIA15 for extra 15% off on top of their buy one get one free

Medal Monday: oh wait that’s my latest prescription of Pentasa 240 tablets for 60days, since doubling the dose I’m out of sync with Azathioprine prescription! Collected them on the way to Swindon for part 3 of the Swimathon. Still got a cold now with a cough, but I really enjoyed the swim and came out with 3 medals one for each 5km completed this weekend 🏅🏅🏅so amazed by what the body can do when the brain says “keep going” 🏊‍♀️

Glasses & Cap @kyloeinthewild use code LAVINIA15 for 15% off on top of their buy 1 get 1 free 🥳

Medal Monday: oh wait that’s my latest prescription of Pentasa 240 tablets for 60days, since doubling the dose I’m out of sync with Azathioprine prescription! Collected them on the way to Swindon for part 3 of the Swimathon. Still got a cold now with a cough, but I really enjoyed the swim and came out with 3 medals one for each 5km completed this weekend 🏅🏅🏅so amazed by what the body can do when the brain says “keep going” 🏊‍♀️

Glasses & Cap @kyloeinthewild use code LAVINIA15 for 15% off on top of their buy 1 get 1 free 🥳

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