Day 386 - Turkey 🇹🇷 Istanbul — I spotted Jeremy Corbin chilling on a bench; last photo. — I really enjoyed today. For some reason I couldn’t sleep last night, and so only finally nodded off at 04:00am. My body clock is all over the place. — I made ‘friends’ with a Turkish rug salesman... our friendship consisted of conversations involving bartering and, well, that was pretty much it. A lovey Turkish family business with great tea. I can away with a token rug at 80% off the original price so I felt I did ok. — The Grand Bazar, the mosques, and the people were all the focus of today’s afternoon in the city. One thing I’ve noticed of late, especially around the middle eat and this bit of ‘black sea’ Europe is that I feel very safe. Weird really, I wasn’t expecting to, and as you can imagine I’m going to have a rude awakening when I arrive in other countries. — This evening I strolled along the road at 21:00pm with my laptop under my arm to find somewhere for dinner, and to work of course. I wouldn’t walk down the road with my laptop on display in London, that’s for sure. — Safety and perceived safety is something I’m writing about at the moment for the book. There’s pockets of cultural crime all over the world which actually don’t directly correlate to wealth but instead situation and political context. I’m learning so much from this journey. And the amount of audio books I’m getting through on my runs, I may one day be well read. Or not. — I had a brief message from Kev today, he’s still smiling and of course prepping for Marathon Des Sables again. The man never ceases to amaze me. Please continue to donate to Prostate Cancer UK. LINK BIO! — A reminder to register your interest for my closing party 🥳 🎈- a long way off but March of 2020, we are having a big get together, with talk from me plus the launch of the photography exhibition and books. If you want to come along, comment below if you haven’t already down so in yesterday’s post. Thanks all. It’s now time for bed. — #running #marathon #marathonman #worldmarathons #runner #runnerguy #runnerman #around #run #adventure #culture #photography #portraits (at Grand Bazaar Istanbul) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtIN-RMnnoV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=phpiqhes4mpl