Anna Blackwell - The Going-on of an Adventurer! Walking 500 and 1000 miles across France and Spain along ancient pilgrimage routes

Anna is a 24-year-old adventurer who has a love of the great outdoors and pushing her limits. This has led her to completing a series of adventures over the last few years: trekking across the wilderness of arctic Sweden with just reindeer for company, walking 500 and 1000 miles across France and Spain along ancient pilgrimage routes, summiting the highest peak in North Africa, and hitch-hiking to Morocco (amongst plenty of others!)

2017 has been a slightly unusual year for her as she’s been working full-time for the majority of it, but she’s still found time for some fun, whether in the form of tackling my first 4000m mountain in North Africa, attempts at trekking in Arctic Norway, or just setting up her bivvy bag to sleep under the stars on a hillside in Oxfordshire!

Show notes

Finishing university
Not being sporty but loving the outdoors
Camping with her Dad
Hating the Duke of Edinburgh
What changed?
Dropping out of uni and travelling solo
Figuring out what she wanted to do with her life
Deciding what adventures to go on
Why walking 500 miles wasn’t enough of a challenge
Deciding to walk 1000 miles
Not doing that much planning and throwing herself into it
Not needing all the stuff she had
The lifestyle
Getting up at 4.30 in the morning to catch the sunrise
Coming to the end of her first adventure
Not living in the past
Being underwhelmed by the finish
Thinking about what she was going to do next!
Lonely?
Getting through the challenging sections
Know yourself - know your body
Getting away from it all - including the people
Deep thinking - Deep Questions
Kindle - Camera - Journal
Remaining positive through out the bad weather
What’s next?! April 2018…. The Plan
Having an adventure mindset
Advice for you!
Tribes!