depression. Feeling broken and suicidal after years of low thoughts, and with a nocturnal life as a London pub manager, he was hardly a textbook candidate for circumnavigating the country.When he set off in June 2016, shortly after his 30th birthday, he was two stone overweight and had a drinking problem.
The walk would take him more than a year and a half to complete, and along the way he’d lose his walking boots, stagger onwards in his socks, and have his backpack stolen, containing every possession he needed.And yet through the physical challenge – resulting in calves like rocks and ankle damage – came an emotional calm derived from the simplicity of nature.
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