This summer I am undertaking a HUGE challenge to promote awareness of men's mental health difficulties, and suicide awareness; I will be cycling around 4000km (2584 miles) across Europe, entirely solo and unsupported…from Talacre, the most northern point of mainland Wales, to Tarifa, the most southern point of mainland Spain. I am doing this to raise funds for suicide prevention organization Men's Minds Matter, as their mission is so relevant to my experiences.
In 2022, I came very, very close to suicide. Following a terrible few years, some awful personal experiences finally broke me. It was a terrible point in my life - I felt hopeless, extremely depressed and in such deep emotional pain that I was convinced that there was no way for me to ever feel better again. I had lost all of my hope. I planned how I was going to end my life in detail, and made preparations. I VERY nearly went through with it.
Then I had a call from a new mental health nurse. They listened to me cry and fall apart on the phone for two hours, and genuinely seemed to care about my life in a way nobody else did. They spoke with me daily, persuaded me to delay my decision & to get out and do what I love - riding my bike.
A few days later I met a new friend; Meg was kind, thoughtful, generous with her time and deeply, deeply caring - and had also been struggling with depression. When you are suicidal it's the loss of hope - the never ending mental pain - that drives you to want to end your life. Meg helped me realize that maybe everything was NOT hopeless. Meg persuaded me to stay. Last year we lost her...to suicide.
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Starting from the most northern point of mainland Wales I am riding to the most southern point of mainland Spain! I will cross the UK to a ferry, then cycle the entire height of France north to south, up and over the Pyrenees through Andorra, past Barcelona and all the way down through Spain!
London | Health & Wellbeing
Men's Minds Matter aims to end male suicide through support, education, and community initiatives.
This summer I am undertaking a HUGE challenge to promote awareness of men's mental health difficulties, and suicide awareness; I will be cycling around 4000km (2584 miles) across Europe, entirely solo and unsupported…from Talacre, the most northern point of mainland Wales, to Tarifa, the most southern point of mainland Spain. I am doing this to raise funds for suicide prevention organization Men's Minds Matter, as their mission is so relevant to my experiences.
In 2022, I came very, very close to suicide. Following a terrible few years, some awful personal experiences finally broke me. It was a terrible point in my life - I felt hopeless, extremely depressed and in such deep emotional pain that I was convinced that there was no way for me to ever feel better again. I had lost all of my hope. I planned how I was going to end my life in detail, and made preparations. I VERY nearly went through with it.
Then I had a call from a new mental health nurse. They listened to me cry and fall apart on the phone for two hours, and genuinely seemed to care about my life in a way nobody else did. They spoke with me daily, persuaded me to delay my decision & to get out and do what I love - riding my bike.
A few days later I met a new friend; Meg was kind, thoughtful, generous with her time and deeply, deeply caring - and had also been struggling with depression. When you are suicidal it's the loss of hope - the never ending mental pain - that drives you to want to end your life. Meg helped me realize that maybe everything was NOT hopeless. Meg persuaded me to stay. Last year we lost her...to suicide.
