#70 NECKLINE

National Parks no more – LEJoG Day 70 Day 70 pre-amble After a blitz of three posts in four days, I’ve taken a little break. The blog has received more hits than ever before in the last 7 days, so I could argue that the hiatus is a deliberate policy, enabling visitors to sample as […]

H7: ANATOMY OF A BREAKDOWN, PART I: “AND I MUST BE AN ACROBAT”

And I must be an acrobat To talk like this and act like that And you can dream, so dream out loud And don’t let the bastards grind you down (U2, ‘Acrobat’, from the album Achtung Baby (1991). Hewson/Evans/Clayton/Mullen) Well. It’s time. Time for my three-part epic about how I got here. Each of the […]

H6: LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOCKDOWN

Well, I guess everyone gets that title, right? Not just that, but a quick Google will confirm that everyone’s thought of it already. Which, under normal circumstances, would compel me to think of something more original. As you may have noticed, these are not normal circumstances. One month on… It’s just over a month since […]

H2: WALK A MILE IN MINE

An introduction to my own mental health experience. Although I hope you enjoy my LEJoG blog, you don’t need to walk all (at the time of writing) 809 miles in my shoes. Just this one mile is all I ask… Pre-amble There’s no way for this not to come across as defensive, but I feel […]