LET'S GO FOR A WALK

« A journey needs no reason. It soon proves that it is an end in itself. You think you’re going on a journey, but before long it is the journey that makes or breaks you. »

Nicolas Bouvier – The Way of the World

March 2027

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When we first met, we promised each other… “One day we’ll walk all the way to Istanbul ; one day we’ll walk every day for at least a year!” So why wait any longer? If we wait too long, we’ll never set off. It’s decided: we’re going to try to fulfil an old dream and embark on this adventure… We’ll walk all the way to the Bosphorus.

But, as with any journey, you have to start somewhere.

Istanbul is in the east; the edge of Europe facing Asia. So we’ll start in the west, in Ireland on the Dingle Peninsula, touching the Atlantic and facing North America.

From east to west, step by step, we will cross Europe.

Walking makes us vulnerable, but if we stay open, that vulnerability can give us the most beautiful gifts.

What this project is really about is not the route, nor the kilometres, but walking itself, the oldest way of travelling, unhurried, carried only by our own legs and the decision to keep going.

Wherever our feet take us, we’ll go.

Ultimately, it doesn’t matter whether or not we reach our goal, what matters is simply walking, moving forward step by step, and making our lives one long journey.

Its taking the time to explore, to soak it all in, to meet people, to chat, to contemplate, to marvel, to dream, to think, and simply to be.

It's the desire for a genuine and heartfelt connection with our world.

With our rucksacks as our home, we’ll make our way through the elements, immersed in the landscapes we’ll be travelling through.

Feeling the wind, the rain, the cold, the shade from a cloud or the warmth of the sun.

It means feeling very small in the middle of this vast world, whilst living to the full.

With our rucksacks on our backs and our feet in our boots, we'll set off to share perspectives with those we would never have met had we not set out on this journey.

We're hoping for smiles, laughter, friendship, and for simple, unexpected moments.

We set out to meet the wonderful people who live on this planet, to remind ourselves that there are so many beautiful things in the world.

That's why we've decided to do this walk and dedicate our journey to the incredible work of The Flying Seagull Project, a charity that brings play, laughter, and hope to children in crisis all around the globe.

We truely hope that every step we take will raise money to support and help their amazing work.

‘The Flying Seagull Project’ is a wonderful team of clowns, acrobats, dancers and actors who travel the world to share their art and create spaces that encourage play and laughter for those in difficult or desperate situations.

Whether it’s a disused building in Lebanon, their circus tent in a refugee camp or an abandoned school in the Romanian countryside, they fill them with circus, music, magic and dance.