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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 ...
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#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...
Update 2: The sort of final route, other bits and being a rainbow
I'm going for a 255km walk to raise funds and awareness for M.E/CFS and to, well, just walk. Read more about why I'm walking. My Final Route After much research and trying to navigate the various logi...
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...
Tales from my travels: 50 Bucks!
I’ve met some of the most interesting personalities on planes. Or at airports. There is something about the transience of travel that seems to bring out a form of casual honesty. One such encounter ...