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Together Through The Flood
Even when we’re up against unstoppable forces, we are not powerless. Small acts of solidarity are signficant.
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David Charles
A Midpoint
Cycling Dubrovnik to Athens in thirteen days, raising funds in solidarity with refugees
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Don’t Confuse What They Think With What You Know
One of the things that some people know about me is that I don’t use aeroplanes. I don’t fly. Well, turns out that I do. Sometimes.
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David Charles
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August 2023
Not A Miracle
The extraordinary ordinary, or: how lucky we are when we work hard together on something worthwhile
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David Charles
July 2023
Enter The Packing Room
Five items that wouldn’t make it onto most touring cyclists’ packing lists (let alone into their blessed packing room).
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David Charles
June 2023
Andy Murray's Nice
It takes effort to look deep into the worst of us and to share the ways that humans, out of the darkness, respond with energetic hope and creativity
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David Charles
Always Take The Doughnut
And always always write your diaries
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David Charles
Competitive Generosity
The older I get, the more important it becomes, not simply to get out of my head, but to get into my body
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Luggage & Courage
Notes from Egremont Castle
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The Number Twenty-Four (And My Inevitable Mortality)
'Hi, I'm Dave.' No shame.
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David Charles
May 2023
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