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Geraldine McFall

Geraldine McFall

Freelance risk management consultant from Glasgow who solo walked 2,000 miles from home to Rome in 2023, raising nearly £20,000 for Mary's Meals and Dementia UK.

Jul 31, 2026

Walking Post

Walking Post

Walking Post podcast 57: Walking from home to Rome

Jul 31 · 46m

Jim Cornall
Jim CornallHOST
22:52
What were some of the highlights of the walk, the memories that stick out?
Geraldine McFaul
Geraldine McFaulGUEST
22:57
Oh, so many.
Geraldine McFaul
Geraldine McFaulGUEST
22:58
I mean, the kindness of strangers.
Geraldine McFaul
Geraldine McFaulGUEST
23:00
I mean, I could tell you about loads of them.
Geraldine McFaul
Geraldine McFaulGUEST
23:03
You know, even the first night, it was only four nights in, was after I had left the Central Belt and I had stopped with a friend just outside Lanark and then this was it.
Geraldine McFaul
Geraldine McFaulGUEST
23:15
I'm now on my own and this is it for real.
Geraldine McFaul
Geraldine McFaulGUEST
23:17
And I'm going to Wild Camp.

18 MINS LATER

Jim Cornall
Jim CornallHOST
41:48
Did you manage to stick to valleys in Switzerland or did you actually have to do a lot of climbing?

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