Hello and welcome to podcast number eight. With today a couple of things I want to talk
about the most important one personally for me is the MS Society walk that was Saturday
and I've previously mentioned that that was that was coming up but yeah I really want
to talk about that. Also the other thing I really want to talk about today is that I'm
actually recording from somewhere slightly different. Normally I'm sat at mid dinner
table. Today I'm actually out in what is going to be my my new recording studio. We've in
our back garden we've got two brick sheds one of them is still a shed and the other
side we a couple years ago now we sort of created it into a bit of a utility room where
we put the dryer but we're going to change that now actually with what we're looking
to do is move the dryer back indoors and make it a little bit more accessible because middle
of winter when it's pouring down it's not easy actually to come out into the garden
in the rain get wet to come put the dryer on and the other thing being out here the
dryer does get a bit cold so potentially it could be a problem for it so we're looking
to bring that back indoors and create new space for it which would be nice and Lisa
bless her she come up with this idea that I make that brick shed my recording studio
which naturally I've gratefully accepted because it would be nice actually to have
somewhere dedicated for me to come and sit and talk to you all because in all fairness
sitting at the dinner table is absolutely fantastic but at times it's not fair to everyone
else in the house because I then need the space so at some point in the relatively midterm
future I'm going to come out and I'm going to sound proof the walls and yeah I'll use
this as my recording space as I say I'm sat out here now and the sun's kind of shining
there's a bit of cloud in the sky a bit of wind about but that's okay out here to be
honest with you yeah I kind of feel like I've been locked in the naughty house but yeah
I'd say that's that's where that is in terms of my issues with the MS at the moment I will
say I'm struggling along with some pretty nasty pains my left calf I'm getting a lot
pain in my left calf feels like it's on fire to be honest with you even while I'm sat here
again today especially I've been very very weak on my legs walking around knees are buckling
all over the place and to be honest with you I'm wobbling just about everywhere which yeah
it's not nice it really isn't nice and yeah I'm struggling I'll be totally honest I'm
not not gonna hide it I'm actually really struggling with it but I'm doing the best
I can to carry on because really that's all I can do is is the best I can to to carry
on and just be me I do try to be quite a fun person and that's that's where I am with it
so the MS yeah as I've said in the past it can throw what it wants at me but I'll catch
it and I'll do the best I can to carry on so moving on to the MS Society Walk what a
day genuinely what a day myself my brother Richard my dad we we traveled down to London
what I will say before I go any further on that is a massive massive thank you to both
Richard and my dad for coming down with me it was massively appreciated I couldn't manage
to do a lot of actual walking that day must have spent 95% of the day I would say in the
DeLorean which is my wheelchair and the pair of them no quibbles just everything they could
do to keep me moving around and and help massively appreciate thank you both of you massive thank
you but yeah so we got down we got into Embankment Gardens MS Society's staff down there were
absolutely fantastic they really were what I will say is when we was getting things like
the safety briefing absolutely hilarious it really was it was funny as well as informative
massively enjoyed it I'll be honest with you did laugh quite a bit even to the point they
put signposts all around so that everyone on the different walks you had a 20k a 10k
a 5k and a 1k we did the five it was made very very clear if you misread the signpost
and you went the wrong direction they would absolutely come and help you they would come
and get you and take you back not a problem externally they'd be really worried for you
internally they'd be laughing as we all would it was brilliant honestly very very funny
and doing the warm-up again I'm not one for warming up don't do that but listening to
the warm-up watching it being done brilliant really funny everything they could possibly
do to keep people as entertained and safe as they could absolutely different class altogether
a real real incredible bit of work I'd made myself a promise for the walk that no matter
what I would be starting that walk on my feet I did that I made sure to start on my feet
part of our route we went down through the gates to the city of London again I've taken
lots of pictures they're all on my social media accounts which at the end I will again
promote them so that you can go across if you want to see any of the pictures or the
videos so yeah we went through those gates absolutely fantastic brilliant you know right
by the river really nice walk we carried on down absolutely fantastic and the one thing
I will say it was a very scenic walk really did enjoy that one of the other things that
I think was incredible to be totally honest with you St Paul's Cathedral now as was coming
up to it you could hear the bells ringing absolutely fantastic it really was we actually
managed to get right up close with the bells still ringing and I actually did a video which
is on my YouTube which again I'll give you the YouTube details at the end but yeah I'll
be honest with you absolutely fantastic managed to record it and I've done my recording done
my video and by the time I click to stop the video the bells stopped within a few seconds
after so actually we got really very lucky that I managed to get that recording very
very pleased with it I'll be honest it has come out fantastic one of the other things
that had to be done I mean it would have been against the law if I didn't he came past a
coffee house I don't know if I'm supposed to give the name out but I'm going to Costa
and I do like a Costa I quite fancied a chocolate frappe and they actually put a double shot
of coffee in it oh it was gorgeous absolutely beautiful really enjoyed it normally there's
only a little bit of coffee put in it when I have it where we live and it's really nice
don't get me wrong very very nice but that double shot in it was beautiful I actually
kind of fancy another one right now I'll be honest with you but yeah I mean we had that
while drinking that we come up to the Millennium Bridge which I've been across pretty much
every bridge in London throughout throughout my days and I promised myself again Millennium
Bridge I wanted to walk across it because I've never done that before so we finished
our drinks and I stood and I walked across the Millennium Bridge and while we was coming
across there we actually bumped into some some other walkers from another charity which
was Mind again fantastic charity really is but the camaraderie between everyone was absolutely
fantastic I've got to say it you know they were clapping us and cheering us and again
at the time there's lots of other people dressed in the bright orange from the MS Society and
everyone was just so so nice and supportive to each other it was an absolute pleasure
I've got to be honest it really was an absolute pleasure so if anyone from the mind charity
is listening absolutely brilliant well done really well done so yeah I mean there was
that walked across Millennium Bridge as we were south of the river we actually came along
and we came to the the eye the London Eye which personally I've never been that close
to actually previously so it was nice to get right underneath it and see just how big it
is I took a few pictures of that and again that's on my social media accounts yeah it
was massive it really was massive as we come along there we then come to Westminster Bridge
which was it was nice I've come across there previously no problem so yeah we come up I
took a few quite a few pictures of Big Ben and yeah you know there's some some really
good pictures taken the houses of parliament all of it they say it's a really really nice
walk very very nice walk be honest with you I can't compliment it any higher we were so
lucky with the weather it was beautiful it really was nice weather for the day this time
of year it could have been a bit a bit wet it wasn't the sun was out it was warm but
not hot so it was nice we we come again around the corner back towards the start finish point
and again I've made myself that promise that no matter what I was going to walk across
the finish line and I did I actually went live on the Instagram to finish the walk on
my feet now as we're sort of coming up to the finish line again we're being cheered
even members of the public that were walking past were sort of clapping and you know telling
you well done it was absolutely fantastic I'll go be honest with you really really fantastic
and yeah walking across that finish line and getting that medal put over my over my head
and around my neck honest the level of pride was was massive and yeah okay we were raised
a reasonable amount of money not a massive amount but personally you say my team we raised
a reasonable amount of money but actually to me every pound is going to help some level
so yeah everyone that that did donate to myself and my team massive thank you really is appreciated
but yeah I mean that was it we come to the end of the walk so medal around my neck massive
amount of pride it's not really a great deal more I can say apart from to the MS Society
thank you for putting on an incredible event and thank you for for raising so much money
to try and help everyone with this condition it's it's appreciated by I think just about
everyone so thank you to the MS Society well that will do for today as I say well what
I would like to do is give you my my details for my social medias and it is the same for
absolutely everything I'll be honest with you it's Mike's underscore MS underscore
journey and that is TikTok it's Instagram on YouTube jump across some on Twitter as
well with the same handle jump across come and say hello and let me know how you're doing
well that would do for today thank you all very much for listening and I look forward
to talking to you all again soon have a good day bye bye