'It was a spur of the moment decision: I left with just £10 in my pocket, a broken tent and a borrowed pair of walking boots.'
By August 2017, I’d been suffering from depression for a while and felt utterly lost and trapped inside my own mind.
So I set off from my hometown, Swansea, on a mission to walk the entire coastline of the UK – including all its islands. My aim was to leave all my troubles behind and I promised myself I would return home a happy man, something I have accomplished.I decided that I also wanted to do this walk to raise money and awareness for the veterans’ charity, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association who had helped me during my troubles when I felt really stuck and hopeless, trapped at home suffering with anxiety and depression.
Because of my weight loss, my body grew quickly accustomed to being able to sustain itself on very little, but I knew this could only go on for so long, something that spurred on my need to learn how to forage. So once I had hit Stranraer, Scotland, I headed over to Northern Ireland and managed to track the writer of the note down – a man now in his 40s. It felt so heartwarming to be able to return a piece of his own life story to him and I jokingly asked him never to throw a plastic bottle in the sea again – he laughed.
It was perfect timing as I knew I was about to embark on the toughest, most monumental feat of my entire life – avidly sticking to the coastline through the west of Scotland, including the surrounding islands. In doing so, I earned the respect and support of so many islanders, the beginning of a strong online following and the media started to take keen interest in our journey because I was posting daily on my blog – signal permitting – and word spread so lots of attention began to come my way.
In my mind, the adventure would continue, although I couldn’t carry on walking because everyone was being told to stay at home. A local fisherman, Victor, took me over to a totally uninhabited island called Hildasay, half an hour out to sea off the west coast of Shetland to stay for the duration of the lockdown.
The day after I met Kate, she had to return to London for work but it was evident that there was an immediate connection – we both shared a thirst for adventure and had so much in common. We kept in touch over the phone and two months later, Kate gave up her job, packed her stuff and began to walk the remainder of the UK coastline alongside myself and Jet.
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