Monthly Archives: June 2014
25/06/14 Now we are 6, er 9, ok, 49…
Ella is a patient soul. She has to be really… She knows that I can be a stubborn b… blighter and that I can, on occasion, make the wrong choice… We still laugh when we remember how I did my … Continue reading
17/06/14 As seen in Criminal Minds or, whoops, I did it again.
It was hot. I was sweating like a hot thing placed in a hot place. John the farmer spotted my discomfort. ‘Hi there…’ For those of you seasoned walk a milers – this was the same ‘Hi there…’ given to … Continue reading
16/06/14 On the Beach
Just about everyone I’ve spoken to on the Llynn Peninsula from the local MP to folk I met at the campsite have told me, in no uncertain terms, that I must visit the pub on the beach, Ty Coch. I … Continue reading
16/6/14 Think Again
There really is no way to dress this up. This is a hard story to tell, to read, to live through. It’s a story that opened my eyes and humbled me all at the same time. But it’s a story … Continue reading
14/06/14 Privilege
I’d been walking for a week and I’d ended up at a cut price campsite (after they’d heard about my endeavours). Since it was my first week back to the sacred ramble, Ella was coming up tomorrow to recharge my … Continue reading
13/06/14 So, there I was talking to a couple of teenage girls outside some public toilets…
Hey, easy tiger…it was the only available shade in the area while I waited for the local pub to open at 7. I was in the middle of telling the girls that their environment was stunning…beautiful… when Ella phoned. They … Continue reading
12/06/14 Mental health isn’t a political issue…or is it?
There I was on the side of the A499 when I got a phone call from the local MP, Hywel Williams. A while back, in another life, he’d been the first approved (mental health) social worker in the area. For … Continue reading
09/06/14 More of the same really
As I waved Ella off this morning I was mindful of the dark clouds approaching. The BBC weather website had promised rain coming down in stair rods… A bit of doubt – but hey, I’m well prepared… But what happens … Continue reading
08/06/14 Walk a Mile is back…again
A few months ago, as has happened many times before, walkamile UK ground to a halt. Today I returned to that very point where it happened – a bench in a small park next to the Menai Straits. I remember … Continue reading
07/06/14 What are we gonna do now? What are we…
June the 7th, 2014, walk a mile hits the road again just outside Caernarfon. But what does that mean? On a personal level it means a bald middle aged ex social worker with a mental health problem, carrying more weight … Continue reading
