Category Archives: Uncategorized

October 15th 2019 Off work – no energy, don’t feel like doing anything. The day passes. I can’t stop crying. I have no reason to cry. I text my mum saying something isn’t right. I can’t physically do this anymore. She urges me to book a doctors appointment – by chance there is one forContinue reading “The Power of Positivity”

Last week I had all hopes and ambitions that I was going to be good and try a 9 day detox! I lasted a grand total of 3 days.  Throughout the week I was constantly reminded by Facebook memories or Timehop that I go through the same routine after Easter every year and usually IContinue reading “Detox? What detox?”

The prospect of being locked up is very daunting for many, the thought of not leaving the four walls that for the majority is a safe place can be scary. I would dread to think what it’s like being a position where being in your own home isn’t a safe place and I hope thatContinue reading “Who said lockdown couldn’t be fun…”

So we are now coming up to the end of week 2 of social distancing or lockdown as we know it. What great things have we achieved this week? As a nation we continue to applaud the key workers – surely this should be done all the time and not just at 8pm on aContinue reading “Making choices”

Unprecedented, lockdown, social distancing, COVID-19, self-isolation all words which are frequenting our daily lives of late. Several months ago non of us would have thought such terms would frequent our daily lives. In October, Whilst sat in an initial assessment with a mental health primary care worker she said to me. What have you gotContinue reading “Week 1 – change of perspective”

So 7 months ago I was coming towards the end of my travels around Italy and Croatia…today as I write this 69,176 people in Italy have suffered from the novel Covid-19 virus (or the coronita as I call it) and 6,820 people have sadly lost their lives. Remember I’m only talking about Italy. A countryContinue reading “7 months down the line…”

Another early rise, at least this won’t be a shock to the system on Monday when my alarm goes off for back to work and I was on my way back to the UK. I took a moment to get onto the plane as I basked in the early morning heat for one last timeContinue reading “Day 29: Milan – Edinburgh – Home”

So my natural body clock woke up just before 7! Who was I kidding that I was going to have a lie in 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️. Breakfast in the hotel and a leave at 8.15 got me to the train station for 8.50 am, there was a train to Bologna at 9, so I quickly bought aContinue reading “Day 28: Rimini-Bologna-Milan (via Verona)”

Today was really my final day of exploring as tomorrow I have to make my way back to Milan Airport and really there’s only so much exploring you can do in 30 degree heat with a backpack. It was an early start to get to the bus stop ready for my San Marino experience. UponContinue reading “Day 27: San Marino”

Having fallen asleep before 9 pm last night I was still pretty tired when I woke up. I had decided that today was going to be the final relax day of my adventure. Remember I hate sitting still for longer than ten minutes. I went down for breakfast, who knew risotto was a breakfast choiceContinue reading “Day 26: Take me to the beach beach….”