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Today I walked 30 km for Jenna and Giselle Atkinson

Dealing with ME/CFS/Fibromyalgia is not just your personal suffering and your loved ones'- but also the attitude of society: not taking you seriously as a disabled person. Jenna, Happy Birthday. I'm...

Today I walked 20 km for Ben Howell

Ben Howell shares with us his story today about how he went from a very active person building a career in the fitness industry to not being able to exercise or leave the house. "Non-functional, li...

Today I walked 30 km for Maria Solano

"Each day is a day working towards recovery and finding the strength I never knew I could have." - Maria When were you first diagnosed with ME/CFS/Fibromyalgia? 1998 What was your life like ...

I walked 29 km today for Brianna Sutton

"If I decide I want to go out because I'm having a great day, I have to plan the next day around the fact that I know that it won't be a good day."  Today's story is from Brianna, my daughter. When ...

Today I walked 20km for Joel Langton

Joel Langton is my best friend and he's the first person I'd like to dedicate my walk to. This is his story: When were you first diagnosed with ME/CFS/Fibromyalgia? 2009 What was your life ...

#MikesLongWalk: Join My Walk From Home

This Saturday - May 7th, my Long Walk on the Camino de Santiago will begin. As some of you know, I am doing this to raise awareness and funds for ME/CFS research (donate here if you haven't: https://w...

Planning a camino for a busy guy and his 31kg dog

This post was written by Maria J Bellido. Maria is an awesome Virtual Assistant who helped Mike plan his Camino. She is super organised and a great executioner of plans and a fountain of creative solu...

An Open Letter To Berlin

Dear Berlin, I wish I could say it was lovely seeing you on my last visit, but sadly not - and therein lies the reason for this letter. We've had a mostly cordial relationship these last 5 years tha...

#MikesLongWalk: An update and my first training walk

The Latest News It seems like ages since I committed to walking the Camino and raising money for ME/CFS activism and awareness. Quite a lot has happened over the last month. Here's the latest news: W...

The Scrum Steam

This exchange happened on WhatsApp between my buddy and I. Enjoy. On a cold day, the heat coming off a rugby scrum can be such that it creates a visual effect known as "scrum steam" http://9gag.com...