'During the many walks strangers would stop me and share their own accounts, the demons they’ve faced and their personal battles with mental health'
A Northern Ireland pensioner has walked thousands of miles over the last two years, to raise awareness for mental health charity Lifeline.
"The next morning I made contact with the offices of the two politicians and asked the question 'can you tell me of an organisation that would benefit from me walking various areas for x miles whilst wearing their branded attire?' "I had no idea how continuous walking of miles would affect my body but I was about to find out. The routes varied in distance from 10 miles to 17 miles in length and ranged from: the streets of Belfast, Belfast to Lisburn, North, East, South and West Belfast, Belfast to Bangor and back, Belfast to Carrickfergus and back, Divis Black Mountain, Belfast to Glengormley and back, Drumbo/Carryduff hills and both ways of the Comber Greenway.
"When I completed the 8,000 miles, I decided I would walk up to 10000 miles. These additional 2,000 miles would be walked between the Ormeau Bridge area and the Drumbeg area. The final two walks would rotate week on week between Drumbeg to Sprucefield and back and return Comber Greenway walk." During his walks, he met and spoke with people who were battling their own demons in life. And although he has respected their privacy not to share their conversations, Fleming said he has been trusted with both tough experiences and happy ones too.
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