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''I just wanted to escape': The man who walked out on his life because he was fed up of Greater Manchester
Around 10 years ago, Bryan Blears walked out on his life.A failed relationship and depression had culminated in him dropping out of his law degree at Manchester University.He decided to pack it all in and embark on a new adventure - travelling to Europe and western Asia.As he left his Salford home, he told his family he was going on holiday for two weeks.But he didn't return for a year.His journey, in which he slept rough, lived on less than a pound a day and was spooked by a pack of wolves, was like a 'reawakening'.A decade on, Bryan talks to the Manchester Evening News about the fascinating journey that shaped him and inspired him to write a semi-autobiographical novel.By 2010 Hazel Blears had been Salford's MP for 13 years and a Minister
