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Adventure running to the Fanal Forest… amazing trees, fantastic frogs and a giant’s staircase

To begin… The Fanal forest perches high above the surf beaches of Madeira’s north coast. The first section of the run to its hights, follows the coast on the old road above the boulder strewn pebble beach. The road, now abandoned and pot-holed, has been superseded by new EU funded highways and tunnels. The run… Read More Adventure running to the Fanal Forest… amazing trees, fantastic frogs and a giant’s staircase

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Run Madeira

Rising 1800m from the deep Atlantic, Madeira was formed by volcanic activity and therefore flat terrain is almost unknown. It exists only in a very narrow strip around the coast often only metres wide, and, from a running point of view, by sticking to the contours of the often extraordinarily steep slopes that rise without… Read More Run Madeira

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