Dear Bill,

It feels good that you are back.  I have been wondering how difficult it may be for you to come back on the Wall but I am glad to hear that you are doing okay.  I wonder what it is about long walks that allows us to sort through our lives.  It tends to be an attraction to clear ourselves - perhaps its the pace and the exercise and the air.  Maybe it is just that nature is a good healer.  I loved that image of you on the hill top.  Take care mate  UM xx

Hi Bill,

A BIG welcome back.

It's good to see you here again, we've been needing a boost for the mature male input, there aren't many of us about.

Take care mate.

Hello Bill, what a woderful surprise to have you back.  Only a couple of days ago I was wondering what you were up to.

This seems to me like a huge step forward for you - a triumph when you were not sure you wanted to do it.  And I suspect quite a turning point in your life and in the process of grieving.

I see you have started quite a few TAs - I'm off to read them.  BB 

Yes Bill that is a great idea.

And for those of us who don't get the opportunity to buy walker's magazines (I think it is regarded only as an extreme sport here) you might like to try your hand at a couple of bricks?

And if not let us know of the magazines names and we can try to see the photos that way.

Cheers

UM xx 

Haloooo Bill,

I just wondered how you are going - and of course still interested in knowing if you are pursuing the idea of having your photos published?

lots of love

UM xx 

Hey Bill,

What a wonderful area of community service you have chosen.  I am a bit interested in what photos the young men take of their lives - I reckon that would be a great exhibition in the future to build some community bridges - or even a blog site that the young men could see their photos on and perhaps even write a few words.  

As for being embarassed about your photos of your walking trips - wow you must have us wrong - speaking for myself - I don't get to see much of the regular country side of the UK - doesn't get a lot of time on Doctor Who or Inspector Morse, Midsummer Murders etc - the camera just flashes past. I would love to see some of your country side.  I just take photos of trees in our bush - they all mean something to me but I understand that it might be monotonous - well that's what my kids tell me.  My sister came back from a short trip to england and scotland last year and the photos were all of country lanes - the novelty of something so different.

I don't want you to feel it is pressure though - just would be lovely to see.

glad to hear from you.

 love UM xx

Hi Bill,

 I'm very new to the wall...I was looking for i'm no sure for what, i've posted two pretty blocks, and because I'm in that phase in life in which you start to reanalyse yourself and to rebuild a new set of believes different from what supported you when you were younger and inexperienced, I thought I'd come here and share that with people. Bill, my friend, I've no idea where you come from, how old you are, what you look like, but you made it real. You made my signing up to the wall a thing worth doing, and now I understand why I did sign up. To learn to be humble, to put myself on the side and to learn from people like you, real people with real lives, with real tragedies and come backs and strength, even enough strength to give it back to other people. Thank you so much. V x