Edinburgh writer and TV presenter Alice Morrison set off on the initial stage of the 2.500km expedition on New Year's Day at the border with Jordan.

Alice Morrison, 61, averaged 23km per day for seven weeks as she travelled from the Jordanian border to the Prophet’s Mosque ...

After completing the race, Morrison went on to enter the Marathon Des Sables, known as “the toughest race on Earth,” as well as trek across the Sahara Desert. “I left the rat race for a bike ...

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A SCOTTISH adventurer seeking to become the first person to cross Saudi Arabia from north to south on foot has completed the first stage of ...

After completing the race, Morrison went on to enter the Marathon Des Sables, known as “the toughest race on Earth,” as well as trek across the Sahara Desert ... Morrison has discovered two new sets ...

Due to this, much of this landscape is desert with many cacti and desert animals such as ... Painted on some of its rocks are petroglyphs that are more than 2000 years old. A visitors centre explains ...