The magic Cottage Grantham wonderland !!!!! | Daniel Marshall Adventures

In this Blog post you will learn about this little gem of a mystical, adorable store that, you will want

to live there, as it is a nerds and geeks heaven !!!!

Little about the Magic Cottage (:

Here at The Magic Cottage, we have been working hard to bring out and build the community of Grantham & Lincolnshire as a whole!

We work very hard to provide top quality items and experiences for people!

Not only does the Magic Cottage have the shop in Grantham, but we also have our own broadcasting channel!

We have fast become the spiritual hub for Lincolnshire and the surrounding areas offering:

Tarot sessions,

Spirtual development workshops

and therapies including:

Reiki,

Reflexology,

Indian head massage,

1-2-1 Yoga

and crystal healing!

Set in a beautiful 18th century cottage,

We bring to you light, love and laughter of the Magick of life!

The Magic Cottage Teamed up with The Ghost Girl last year to bring you all the latest from us!

There are a range of regular shows, covering different topics.

Phantom Encounter offers:

Ghost hunting expereinces;

Live seances;

SB7 Spirit box sessions &

#Teaching scopes on a plethora of parnormal topics!

The Magic Cottage shows include:

Live Tarot reading;

Crystal auctions;

Spiritual guidance;

Ask a Witch Q&A sessions &

#Teaching scopes in a range of areas!

Over the past year i have made it my goal to come out of my shell, and try to be social, I came across a post The Magic Cottage posted in a local Facebook Group.

It was  Called Open Spiritual circle social evening this was my chance to get to know people as the event was free !!!

As i entered the shop, i was shocked to see how wonderful it was, my eyes already scanning around the shops looking at the products being sold.
I never knew the shop was there, because In Grantham there is a small selection of shops tucked away there is even a comic book store in this quaint Neighborhood of shops.



The owner of the shop  Wednesday Bergeron Greeted me, made me welcome instantly, she also got the people that was already there to introduce themselves and i had that feeling when i walked into the shop that it was going to be a great night (:

my eyes were drawn straight away to these epic Harry potter Cushions i think they are, so colorful,
well made, and o, so one for your collection of Harry potter items,


Be Warned we can track you with the marauders map !!!!! Haha, Lets just say you will a very empty wallet Fan due to the overwhelming collection of products !!!



 After a few Minutes over scanning the shop, my attention was drawn to a table, where we could help ourselves to Butter Beer !!!! you would think it was a harry potter themed night haha, but Omg, the drink was so sweet, so delicious, lets just say, i would bankrupt myself in that shop just buying that that drink, it reminded me when i went to the harry potter world in London, it was there when i frist tried it, i fell in love with it then, and i could happily drink it for the rest of my life (:
If that was not enough to win you over, on a social meeting !!! Homemade, Harry potter shaped Frogs, inside some of them you could taste oreos, coco pops and much more.
I sadly did not get any photos of this, due to it being my first time meeting, and you do not want to stick a camera in someone face lol.
Lets just say, this frogs, need to classed as the best in the world from the people that made the first ever frogs, because they are worth buying, and worth being discovered (:



The picture above is of the table which the yummy treats were on,  i cant remember what they were, but some more people joined the meet, and brought some treats with them (:

For the first 30 Minutes i was a bit quiet, listening to what people was talking about, everyone just had a good time talking to each other, and even making me laugh at the topics they were talking about.
Wednesday came over to have a chat, as the place was now getting full, with around 15 people being there, she tired to get round to everyone to have a chat (:
she asked me if i knew was a pagan was which i had no idea what one was, she did tell me but since then i have forgot so here is a little write up based from the net what one is (:
Soruced from everythingunderthemoon.net



The word pagan originally meant someone who lived in the country. Over time the meaning has changed so that now it denotes mean someone who follows a nature-based religion. This religion sometimes includes magic and/or magical thinking. Paganism joins science, metaphysics, and mysticism with spirituality. It is a broad term that includes a wide range of faiths that accept one, many, or no god. But most pagans reject the views of God which are accepted by Jews, Christians and Muslims. Pagans stress personal responsibility rather than salvation given by something outside of themselves.
Coming to the event does not mean you have to be into Paganism, The Magic Cottage puts on events, to bring people together as a social element, something i think Grantham needs more off.

Last year, i was searching, for meet up groups, and i fount a website called Meetup.com,
this was a world wide site, connecting groups of people together to go for pub meals, days out and much more.
For the fact of the cost of these events, and the fact that i was not very social and to be it did not feel like the right sort of group i wanted to be in, where as the event at the magic cottage, was indeed my sort of people.
A number of things made the night great, an amazing scent, filled the room, as well as really soft chilled out music, just made you feel relaxed, having the yummy treats helped made people talk more, and i fount myself more and more just being able to be myself, and got talking to people.


 
The shop may seem small on the outside but the shop also has a upstairs full of books !!!


This is where i am guessing the Tarot Reading sessions also take place as you can see with the cards on the table (:

Speaking of what more this shop offers often most weeks are classes you can join from
-MagickalMeditation Monday Group
-Beginners spell crafting course
-Intermediate spell crafting course and other events that happen throughout the year !!!

 

As you can see these events go down well, as a lot of people turn up, I believe this picture is from one of the weekly events (:

a hour in and i am already on my second butter beer !!! hehe could not help myself, just to freaking Delicious not to let them sit on the table.

Wednesday has mention that one of the members of the group was also into photography,
so i went over to this person, and it felt like we knew each other for years, just clicked, talking about how much time you spend on photos, taking them editing them, that frustrating moment when you have edited the picture, but then you question it about 5 times, making more and more tweaks till it is just right !!!!

We then got talking about the mental health services in Lincolnshire, not going to go on about that as i have done way to much of that in other posts (:

we then moved onto TV shows, speaking about shows that got cancelled that were epic, and you feel empty, knowing you will never get to know where more these shows could of gone.

It started to rain so we headed back inside the shop, again just finding myself the need to keep looking around as it was all just so breath taking !!!



Sadly 2 hours were up, and it was time to say goodbye, i could honestly say that i only wish that i knew about the place and the amazing group of people much sooner in my life.

its really hard to explain, but it felt, like living in a movie scene where, your in a club, After school, where you all meet, in a environment like the magic cottage, or a shop event, like most american tv shows or movies portray.

It reminded me of a slightly different time but had the same feeling and impact of the night.
This was when i lived In Nottingham and studying Music Technology at confetti studios.
The college often had events on after 6pm, game events, movie nights, were you could just get to know each other and enjoy what ever was on offer at the time.

I honestly do feel there is a lack of this In Lincolnshire as a whole, the world is becoming to Internet based and sometimes, its great to get away from that, and just chat with like minded people.

I feel sorry for poor miss Wednesday having to not only run her business but put on these wonderful events, she is so hard working, and you can tell by the business she  runs, the products in store even products she has made herself, and then taking her time, to help people discover spell craft, she is also a very smart and knowledge social media person and knows the important factors of how to get her products out there !!!!

Sometimes when your working so hard, you need that bit of laughter to make your day,



To me the place just felt like home, it was where i was meant to be, and with the people that i had common interests with, i may struggle to talk to people, be in big groups but given the right topic to talk about, and suddenly i am a new person hehe (:

So after such a wonderful evening i could not help myself but try to help the only way i know how to with photography and letting people know about this gem of a business.

I went there the next day to take the photography, having a nice lovely chat with the owner, exploring upstairs, seeing a customer spend over 50 pounds !!!!! and having her friends make her laugh, through the window while taking a pictures (:

you start to realize that Grantham has a lot more to offer then you know, you just have to find it !!!
so why not pop in , have a look around, heck even come to the social meeting, make yourself know, make new friend and lets start Building a community In Grantham (:

Thank you for reading this post,  Please take your time to check The magic cottage website out, I have to say its spot on, creative, and catchy your eye, why not follow On Instragram, Twitter and Facebook while your there !!!!

The magic Cottage links

https://www.magiccottage.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/TheMagicCottageGrantham/
https://www.instagram.com/themagiccottage/

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A circle of Life 1 step forward, & 2 back, Plus Media Career | Daniel Marshall Adventures

This post is going to be split into 2 sections, which will reflect on each other, a section focusing on my life, and a section, on what is next for media Career (:

I have mentioned in a lot of blog posts about mental health, which i will be touching up a little in this post.
Over the past year a lot has changed in my life, and every month i started to accept who i am, my strengths, weakness, things wrong with me etc.
Every month, i learned to be more open about these problems to people, and this year i have been the most open i have ever been.
I am doing something not a lot of people can do because of how it impacts their social standards, or even impacting who they network with, or who even sees what they say online.
I put things in these posts knowing it links with my media life, the people i help in my local community, because i am one person, and my social standard does not bother me, in fact i have fount the more open i have been, it is not affected networking with people.
they understand me, they take the time, to know what i go through but also how confident of a person i can be and what creative skills i have to help them out.

The last year has been a very hard battle, with not being able to get help from the mental health services, to not beening able to get help with my learning difficulties to even getting permanent housing sorted.

at the start of 2016 i had broke up with girlfriend, due to a lot of things that were my own fault, and i realized i was not happy with the person i was, after suffering, 18 years of my dad being verbal and physically abusive to my mum, i managed to move away from it,  this cause the depression i have today, with the anxiety and learning diffcults i have because my parents did not have the patience to help me learn, instead all i ever got was shouted out.
this can have a big impact on your brain, when you think your safe and fixed you do not realize your own actions.
it has such a psychological impact on the way you act, even if your happy with your life at the time.
every relationship, has arguments and fights at some point, but having my past experience in my brain meant that, often i did come across, as possibly verbal abusive.
did not help that we both liked to win as such, and even though i loved with my last girlfriend to bits, we did fight a lot over such stupid things.
the first year was the worst as i was not at all used to spending time with someone, as up till i was 18 most of my life was spent in my bedroom, pushing away the pain, and shouting and much more going off.
I never got help, while i was with my girlfriend, so after the break up, i knew a lot of things needed to change in my life.
a period where i needed the help i could not get it till it was to late.
since then its been a year and half of self discovery, of changing the person i was, learning about the world, helping people who suffer with the same problems, helping the community, making friends something i never had, becoming stronger, faster, fitter, just getting my head down, and working hard to make a difference in my life.
A lot of people look down on mental health, and a lot of the things i have to deal with on a day to day basis,  accumulate to my overall wellbeing.

Things like, not being able to tie laces, not being able to cook, due to knowing how to but my hands to different to what i want to do.
loving writing, but having poor spelling and Grammer.
days where i am happy then all of a sudden without thinking of anything bad, i feel upset, i feel weak, my body then goes weak, and hits a hell of a lot just to even go down some stairs to cook food, or to even tidy my room.
Days where playing sport, doing photography, making videos, or anything just does not make me happy, and nothing i do snaps me out of how i feel, i just have to put up with it, and hope the next day is better.

over the last year and a half, i have been through support housing, which is only temp accommodation for 6 months, you then either move onto their move on flat for 2 years, go to a shared house, or go homeless !!!!
just over 6 months after being with the housing team, i had to find a shared house, which many days ended up with me crying or being frustrated as time was getting closer and closer and i could not find a place.
In the end i had to fund the deposit, from my business loan i got to set up my business, which meant i had less money to spend on equipment.

The first month while i was in the shared place,was great, it was a wonderful place to me it felt luxury !!!

Sadly my depression kicked back super bad and from there it got worse and worse, often my room not getting tidy, and being told off for it, i was told if it was not going to get better that they would have to let me go.
often i did tidy up, but fount myself getting in a circle, due to my depression, keeping in my room most of the time.
around this time i did start tennis but it was only once a week, so other then that and going to gym, most of my time was spent in my room.

when i was with my girlfriend, i always washed up, made the place look nice, but for some reason, that motivation had just gone, i knew i was in the best place in the world and what did i decide to do but let it get underneath me.
The landlords were the best people in the world, i often had good chats with them, heck we all even went out for a few drinks, they were that sort of people that, wanting you to feel accepted there.
But because it was nice place of course i dont blame them for wanting people to respect the place.
i would be the same if i was letting someone rent my place for example (:

After this i fell back with support housing which is where i am today.
and i find myself in the same circle i was in last year !!!!
Problem is because i do not work, on Job seekers, its been a tough year, just to be able to enjoy a day out, or even have a game of pool with people, because of the lack of money.
I pay for gym, tennis, phone, broadband, kind of broadband, princess trust loan, which is a 2 year pay back, editing software to do my photography and videos,  food, rent, once you added how much i pay for everything i am left with 20-25 a month to spend with, to go on having a game of pool etc.

If being part of a running club i struggle, even though the membership for it is paid yearly, which is only 24 pounds, there are events that go off, around lincolnshire and nottingham that i would love to go, but cant afford because if i did that one thing, i would not be able to do anything else in that month.

which for me i hate being in the house, ok some days its great to able to watch some shows, but that is where my depression hits the most.
Its why i play tennis so much because it makes me happy (:

so when it comes to money i struggle, i also struggle to work, every job i have had ive lost.
struggling, trying my hardest but never being able to cope, i dont cope at all in the heat, anything over 20 makes me feel ill, to the point i do nothing all do but watch tv, and even that i struggle with, i cant move,
what worries me is because my mood depsite trying so hard to keep my mind busy, is so all over the place, i dont have the drive or moatvaition to even do the things i love like tennis, photography etc.
which means they will be a lot of days where i cant even move to go to work, even if it is for money, my brain and body shut down.
there are days where i had to force myself through a lot of pain, to go out and play tennis because its what i love and i know i cant sit in all day, and sometimes i come back, feeling upset and worse for going because i have not been able to play, my legs have not been able to move like on some days where i can play great.

so if i cant even do what i love most days, what on earth would it be like working, i would struggle more which then would end up losing  job, getting stresssed and worried having to re apply for jobseekers, and then the circle of life starts again !!!!

Even starting up my own business, made me depressed, in fact it sent it into overdrive, and for months i hated making videos so i didnt.

so now i have a situation that is one forward and 2 back.
the council put me forward, onto a housing association there new way of dealing with people on the waiting list for a place !!!! ):

Its my own permanent flat, i have to pay for water, and electric, which is fine to me, ok i will have fork out a extra 15 a month to what i am paying now but for my own place thats the cost.
Until you learn the extra costs, !!!!!!

they want 313 pounds upfront for the rent, so much like renting agencies, but without the fees.
which i cant afford, so i have had to put in a form, asking for it.
this scheme to get the money you have to pay back per week, which is around 5-10 pounds a week, which i can not afford due to all the bills i already have.
on top of that, most of what i own belongs to the support housing i am in.
so things like fridge, freezer, washer, even a bed and more i would need to buy which again i have no money for that.
i have been told, there are compaines out there that for 20 pound you can pick 4 items etc.
which is only a small fix and would cost me.
so at the moment i have all this worries on my mind, which has been  making me stressed and very worried.
I have never had a place by myself, if i struggle to cope in support housing how am i going to cope in my own place !!!!!!!!!

On the plus side its my own place, i can have friend over, not that it would have a tv to keep them entertained or anything for them to sit down on.
overall my mental health has in some what come along way since the break up with my ex but in other ways its still just as bad.

Even if i took the flat with the housing support and not this company, it would be exaulty the same just minus the upfront rent and it would only be for 2 years !!!!!

Its a circle that, i honestly have no idea what i suffer with, because i can not get a proper assesment to have it on paper, which then impacts on getting other help.
in this day and age everything needs to be proved, you cant get access or funding from one support unless you have prove that you have sed thing wrong with you.
and in Lincolnshire its impossible to get that.
I dont expect everything to be handed to me, i have worked so hard in the last year to try and keep my self to myself, i worked hard to push through my problems but to also help my community as well.
just sometimes you need that help, you need to be open about what is wrong, in order to sometimes get the help you have been looking for.
and sometimes you honestly just think what is the point trying, there are lots of times i have given up, spent days crying, and seeing no point to life, then i bounce back stronger then ever, but then it just keep going in a never ending dam loop !!!!

so i have explained about my life so how does this affect my media life.

Last year the thing i aimed to do was to work with businesses, creating videos, professional creative videos, from tours of their shops, to interviews etc

when i first started i had no internet so everything i had to learn about it, i had to use public WiFi, sometimes even costing money like a drink just to use it.
i would download youtube videos on the topics and then watch them over and over, to make the videos.
i loved making videos, but often it was tedious, it was stressful, a lot of times stuff would not work or it was not how i visioned it in my brain.

I had to deal with not only making the videos, but how i would get clients, my books, invoices, the lit goes on.
the more time i spent on the business the more it made me feel worse.
at this point i was also learning photography and found that i was enjoying this a lot more.
i use this to my advantage, spent less time on videos and more on photography, i managed to connect with people this way and even help my local community.

I tried to get back into videos this year, even covering gigs but again after looking at the results and time spent on photography to compared to videos, i fount that my photography was doing way better.

I also saw a trend that covering events video wise rather then doing a business video, had much better results and i could be more creative with the video without needing to learn complex editing skills.

The difference between editing for pleasure and editing for a event is so much different.
its all time based, which makes you have to work very hard to do only do a great job but to also have it ready within a day to get maximum coverage.

some events i covered i would be there for 6+ hours, then i would have to sit through and edit it, and it made for a very long day/ days, i was always happy with the result but at the same time it would make me a little unhappy because it put so much stress on me.

which made it worse when the days hit where i would do nothing all day, knowing i have such important thing to do and just having no get up and go.

So i have had to make a very important decision one that has upset me but one that has to be done,
Unless its a very important event, i have decided to stop making videos.
there are so many companies and video producers now in Lincolnshire, its getting harder to compete with them, mainly because they have a team, but not only that i just cant seem to get the ideas from my head into the projects.
I had this huge project i wanted to have on the go, making a video for the tennis club i go to.
the process was to get a cool intro welcoming to the club, get talks with a lot of the staff, coaches, get shots of all ages playing tennis, making those shots slow motion, adding lots of graphics and making it look awesome.
Again what you have in your head to what you can create is very challenging, a project i started i never finished because it just would not happen the way i wanted it to in the program ):

so i realized instead of wasting time trying to create something i cant, i need to focus on what i enjoy but also what people are liking.
I have to admit, the video industry it what i set out to be in, i never knew that looking photography and using it to help people could lead to things, and be better then my videos.
Not only that but combinding photography, and blogging about it was working as well (:
there are a lot of bloggers out there that do not see results, or never have connections with people other then online.
what i have managed to create is my love for photography and helping people, that then i have managed to network with, and bulid a community around me who then read, like and share.
my viewers are not random people from the net, who only know a bit about my life, my views are the people i talk to and see in real life !!!!
I may not have my business i wanted, but in life you make lots of decisions some bad some very bad, you make enemies and you make bloody good friends.
which then make really good times and memories.
this year has been the hardest and no doubt will only get harder but i am almost happy with my life as it is now, because i have awesome friends who understand me, and i have a awesome community of people that i look up to and want to help.

The problem i have had is i am a explorer and creator, i like to try lots of different things, mostly in the creative sector, what can i say my brain thinks to much, hence why this incredible long blog post !!!!!
But it is who i am, i have tried to understand who i am and to be honest i come up blank everytime,
all i know is my photography is what is helping people and my blogs, so that is what i shall keep doing (:

some people may call me lazy, some people may say i dont have issues, some people may say that i am stupid, my past may tell people to stay away from me.
all i can say is, as the saying goes dont judge a book by its cover,
unless your sat face to face talking to me to understand my life, you can not go by what other say, you can not look down on me, when you know nothing about me (:
I use to be a coward, letting people put me down all the time, afarid to speak my mind, but now i stand up, and i face it head on, life has taught me to try and be strong and that is what i have done.
I may not have a lot of things like most people do, but as long as i can play tennis, take photos and do what i love then i am happy,  i dont need wealth when i have a community !!!!!!

Thank you for reading, i know i moaned a lot about my life but i just wanted people to know that i may seem to be here there and everywhere doing a lot of things, looking happy, but a lot goes off in my life that i have to battle with, so i leave you with some advice.
try to understand that person before you decide weather you want to help or not speak to them.
if you know someone who is telling you to stay away from that person, do not listen, again instead, listen to them, get both sides and make your decision then.
most of all, do not let society tell you how to dress, how you should look, act etc you are you, if people do not like you then that is there issue, i find a lot of people try to be part of trends to fit in, they change who they are because they do not have friends, and want some.
the greatest fear is being alone but its through being alone, you learn to cope, that may seem stupid at first but its the truth, if you really get your head down and foucs on what you love doing, you will then find the right friends, you will then find people take instrest in what you do, and then you will have a great life (:

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Joint health and well-being strategy for Lincolnshire meeting 2017 | Daniel Marshall Adventures

In this Blog post i am going to be talking about, what happened in the meeting, and my views.
The event was held at the Jubilee Church on the 18th July 2017.

The agenda of the meeting was to discuss which areas impact Lincolnshire the most, after which there would be a meeting In September 2017 to look at those areas in more detail to put a draft new Strategy by march 2018.

As you entered to give your name so they could mark you as here, they told you what table number you would be sitting on.

as more people turned up i recognized a few people which was on my table.
One of which being, Mark Whitington from the country Council which i am sure i saw him at the Lincolnshire county council meeting i went to In December 2016.
I wasnt sure about the other tables put it seemed there was a lot of people who work in different parts In Lincolnshire.
Sarah who i didnt catch her last name worked in SKDC, you also had Sally who worked in the Children services sector.

A small presentation started about the purpose of this meeting,  mentioning that you would notice around the room, the topics that were up for discussion, on each topic would be stats and evidence of each topic.
such as there are currently  over 500 adults with learning Disabilites supported in long term Residential care at a cost of about 22 million a year, there are 13.563 Individuals or households waiting for a council housing, which i do talk about later in this blog.
Each table has a spokesperson who would pass on the tables discussions at the end.

After the presentation, we was told that their were papers copies of the same information fount on the walls, which i tried my best to snap a few shots off as you can see below, i was kindly given paper copies of the topics as well, which i am glad so i can have more information to tell you lot.



The idea was each person had 5 gold stars to put on 5 different topics they thought should be in the plan for 2018.
a long list of topics but a few of them were. mental health in Adults, mental health In Children, food and Nutrition, housing & Health, Learning Disabilities and many more.



We all got to each talk about what choices we made and why, which was great because I got explain my situation with the way the mental health system works, that it should no longer be a scored format which decides what help you should get, but rather a system that listen to the person needs and after x amounts of session, based the help on what has been said.
I also brought up the battle of long waiting times, that for someone who needs the help, and wants to live a better life, the case of having to wait 4+ months to receive it, is just outrageous, but even more is the fact that after your sessions, of which CBT being only 5weeks your told bye you cant have any more help, refer yourself in 3 months time oh but wait then there is the added time of the waiting list.
its no wonder Lincolnshire has a lot of mental health cases when the support is just not there.
I was happy to see that my table agreed on this a lot and we had a long discussion about it.
it was also mentioned that the lack of support transitioning  between services as a child to a adult, is a disgrace, that your supposed to magically be able to cope.
Learning disabilities was another talked about topic.
I did not get catch to mention about it from my point as i felt mental health was more of an important sector to talk about.
for me this also had an impact on your mental health state, After a year and a half of people around people who pick up on your day to day life, they can sometimes know what you might be suffering from better then a doctor and other services.
I have been told, from others and my own experiences that i could suffer from dyspraxia, and also a little bit of dyslexia.
Again the lack of funding and services has meant that after a year and a half of extinguishing every angle, being told there is no funding, or we do not look after people who have these issues, your left with a battle to get help still.
Which leads with the poor housing situation In Lincolnshire.
Again from my own Knowledge and experience, i know what the system is like.
If you have no where to live, and become homeless, you are put on what is called the avenue.
which is a list, to be transferred mostly to a homeless shelter in Lincoln itself,
if your lucky, you are sent to a housing association such as Narco which i am under, or others across Lincolnshire.,

This is a no means permanent fix, it is just temporary accommodation.
I find myself in a loop from being in shared houses by a landlord back to Narco, because i find it hard to cope, at least if i have kind of a support worker from Narco, life is a little easier.
I have been on the Council list ever since i moved to Grantham, 6 years a go, and on band 4 which in my terms is your never getting a place.
this is where the circle for me comes into place, Because Narco is temp accommodation, your forced, to either be with their move on flat for 2 years, which for me, yes i like my own place one day but at the moment just the comfort of knowing people are in the house makes me feel more relaxed, i could not manage a place on my own.

so because i have also not been able to get a proper assessment on paper  saying you have this etc, my bracket on the council list is still band 4 which again means, good luck getting a place.

If you want to live in a affordable place to rent by yourself you have to go through letting agencies, which do not let you have a place anyway without the support backing from a parent, and then on top of that hundreds  of fees etc.

So for me this all impacts my mental health a lot, that is why i talk about it a lot, because its about time, funding and knowledge on how to do with the issues get sorted.

Anyway back to the meeting, Mark from the country Council had a lot of good points he was speaking about, i cant remember what they were but it seemed there was a common theme on what services needed to be looked at for 2018.

After this we was then given 5 sliver stars, to confirm these choices, or even change a few if we felt from the discussion of the group that we put a star on a wrong topic.

One of the topics i noticed had a lot of stars, which would of also been from the other tables of people, was Mental health in Children, which was great as i suppose it is good to crack down on the issues at hand so they stand a better chance later in life.
It did confuse me towards the end when is table got to talk to the others about what they felt needed to be looked at that,  everyone in the meeting all highly expressed about the mental health services and yet there was only a few stars, for the adult services of mental health.
Something that is clearly lacking in Lincolnshire.
its also the case that although it was good to put our point across, the results of the day, did not reflect much, as across Lincolnshire there was 7 of these meetings,which meant they would be putting all the results from across the border, totally to tally what areas need looking at the most.
Another thing that i felt was a little pointless was the idea of the stars, fair enough it was a way to gather the results but it some way it felt tacky, more so when we had to confirm our choices again ??

Mentioned was that, at some point, do not know when, they would be contacting smaller groups for more input, which i guess its about trying to see if those results match the larger groups but dont see how it would make to much difference.

on the other hand, its about time Lincolnshire holds more Public meetings, to discuss topics at hand.
To my surprise toward the end of the meeting i got chance to have a long talk with, Marianne Jane Overton, Known From the Lincolnshire Independents.
I had met her a few times, and even got to do a video Type Interview, last year, i will leave the link to that at the end of this blog.

She seems to be everywhere in the past year, always making strong points, and trying to be a part of moving Lincolnshire forward (:

My overall experience that it was good to be part of something, that i could really talk about, and get involved with, i had never done anything like that before and it felt good.

In terms of the meeting, again this was only one part of the process, to me no matter what we discuss, you have so much lies with services not only In Lincolnshire but with NHS, Hospitals closing, funding not being there, and well i could go on all day but i wont (:
lets just say until, The Nhs is a little more fixed, the issues in the meeting, will be a very slow process moving forward, People might be asking why are they are going to focus on some areas and not others.
In a perfect world it would be great to be able to have the funding, staff etc to be able to fix everything, but with limited things, i suppose all we can do is focus on the areas that matter the most (:

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Rutland Water Park Running Photography Adventure !!! & More | Daniel Marshall Adventures

On Saturday 15th July 2017 was one of my best days both physically and mentally.

Earlier in the week i Had noticed a post by one of my friends on Facebook, asking support Sharon said i want to help in some small way to support the great work that Charities like Breast Cancer care do in supporting women and their families through Breast Cancer.
If you want to find out how you can help then i will leave the link at the end of this post (:

I could not afford to pitch in but instead wanted to run and support Sharon, for a good cause.
Sharon has mentioned the run was a park run at Rutland Water, a place i always wanted to go and capture photography.
I had done 6 Park run at Belton house but i had never been to Rutland water so i was really looking forward to it.

The place is about 25-30 minutes drive from Grantham, and I only knew a few days after that it was not Lincolnshire but in the boundary of Leicester.
Its amazing how 25-30 a different way can lead to a location still in Lincolnshire, but another be somewhere else.

Even to Nottingham it takes 45 plus to get there so this really shocked me.
I had to wake up at 6.45am as i always need a hour to try and wake myself up before doing anything.

Of course I was going to bring my camera with me as it might have only been a once in a lifetime thing.




As we got there i was stunned to see how big the place was someone said to run all around the place would be around 27 miles !!!!!

Stunning views of water that seem to go as far as the eye could see, beautiful Scenery and Buildings were in sight.

as we hanged around for a few friends from The running club, and a few of Sharon's friends, i became a explorer, and started quickly getting snaps of things that was around.

as we started to head down i noticed this amazing Restaurant with a stunning view in the background and i love how its turned out, I had no time to really take any of my shots, camera was just set on the best setting and quickly took as many shots as i could.




The start of the park run was a over 5 minutes walk, thinking it was near i kept taking my camera out as you could see for miles and even if i only managed to get a few shots of the day, its better then getting none.

It was time to focus on The park run, with hardly any warm up because of using the camera i tried my best to get my muscles relaxed.
My friend said to one of her friends would it be ok to pace me.
Meaning someone to run with who is around your level, to control how fast your going, as in a pack of 200 people you can get really lost how fast your running, thinking your at the right pace when you arent.



I didnt set myself up to get a Personal best, knowing that i was tired, i had not done any runs in a week, even though i had been playing tennis load and doing cardio i did lack run form.
As long as i finished the run with it being my first time at this location then i would be happy.

After around 10mins, i was feeling great at a good pace, as we approached i believe was some kind of bridge across the water.
the course was 2.5k there you turn around at a pole and do the same distance back, so while on the bridge you could see the really fast runners who get a time off just over 16mins running back.
This did not bother me because i felt so relaxed, calm and honestly it was like a out of body experience.
I had the soft gentle wind from the sea coming across my face, even though it was 17 degrees, it was not hot or cold, it was perfection.
One thing i hate is running in anything over 20 degrees.
My run performance  fluctuates overall anyway but in the heat i barley manage to do 3k, i get massive pains and feel like passing out, and although i struggle in the same heat while playing tennis somehow i can manage 4 hours in that heat its madness lol.

All i could think about while going across the bridge was just wow i so wish i had my camera on me right now !!!

as the second half of the course came into play i started to up my pace, still matching my pacer.
A marker came up which was 4k, only 1k left, the chap said to me you can stick with me or go ahead if you want, well this is me your talking about, of course i went for it.
Pain started to hit my chest, and my legs, i could hardly breathe and yet i felt like the flash, i was only getting faster and faster.
after only 500 meters i was like where is the bloody finish, i was about to give up, but something inside of me just wanted to keep pushing it.

Every part of me now hurt so much, and yet the will to do good kept me going, and to me my shock, i not only finished the run, not only beat my pacer, but was only 6 seconds !!!! off my personal best at Belton park run a location i had already done 6 runs at.
Not bad to say i had no idea what the course was like how to pace myself, and my first time being at that location,

So why did i manage to do i would say even better then my normal place of running ???

At belton its a 2 lap race, so when your seeing the course in front of you from the start, your brain plays tricks, seeing the course in front of you, and thinking i need to be this pace on lap 1 for me i struggle with.
Belton has nearly double the amount of people running nearly 400, so again when your all starting and you think your at a ok pace you get lost wanting to play catch up when in fact your burning yourself up on lap 1 and having nothing left on lap 2.
At belton, it has a lot of very uneven bumps, slopes, gravel  grass mud etc, which can make your feet very heavy.

where at Rutland Water because its mostly ran on a path, not hurting your feet, you have the wonderful views to take your mind off things, and to me its the best location i have seen so far for a run.

Talks are being made at the moment about doing a Peterborough park run in a few weeks time, which i hope can go ahead, another chance to test another course out and bring my camera with me (:

Everyone who ran at Rutland who came to support Sharon all got PB's inc Sharon, we was all very happy and took some group photos (:

I got Sharon to take one of me, which i love so much, and i managed to take a bit more time capturing some more photography before heading home.



I was in a super happy mood, but also very tired I said on the way back home, i wont be going to play tennis today, no way, i got back, and got a bite to eat, excited to edit the photos.

I am not sure if it was my positive mood or the fact that i had eaten or both, but around 12 o,clock i said to myself right i will go play tennis.

Social started at 2pm, and i wanted to get a bit of warm up practice in before hand, so i made sure to get there with about 45mins to spare.

I honestly felt like i was on a sugar rush even though i wasnt as i had boundless energy.
A little to much as i was making silly mistakes rushing into some of the shots due to being so happy lol.

I managed to control it a little as i went into the matches.
I have explained this before but for anyone who has not read my other blogs ill explain it a little.
At Grantham Tennis club you have social events, most times in the week.
The idea is the events are 2 hours long, you all right your name down on a sheet of paper, and tick the slots you want to play, so if you only want to play for a hour you tick 2 boxes out of 4 etc.
You play 4 half a hour matches, with different people, mostly doubles and some single matches.

A great chance to banter with people, play with people at different skill levels and learn from them while playing tennis.

I was playing so good, trying shots i have never done before again all because i was just so happy, which made me more happy when some epic moments happened in those games.

the last 10mins of the last match, my body just gave up, and had to end the match early i was still happy but i had clearly pushed my body to the edge and it had enough (:

So i had one of the most happiest days in my life full of adventure and fun !!!!
I could honestly say that i could spend all day at Rutland Water just walking around the massive 27 mile place, exploring and taking photos, i just wish you could access it better by public transport but i will one day go there again, even if its for another park run (:

I was going to add extra things to this blog about the amazing fun days i have had over the last few days but i think this is enough for one post !!!

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Learning more about myself, how hard it is to be my true self | Daniel Marshall Adventures

One of the main issues in my life, is my creative and my brain not stopping thinking about things that i feel the need to express myself via here and other sites.

I did have planned to write 2 other blog posts one about my weekend just gone and another about 10 things that make who i am, but instead i have chosen to write another post about mental health and about my life.

The other day i decided to buy just a very simple note pad ,... why?

well I was brought up with technology i can write a very long blog post in about a hour, it does not hurt my hands writing and i much pefer using a computer.
I use devices to right ideas down and back things up, which sometimes get lost or get up being deleted.

When i was at college i used to love writing on paper, notes from my college courses and even stories.
I feel that we use technology to much, and sometimes you just need to tear yourself away from it and let your ideas flow, get some fresh air and just relax.
I would never say that i would go away from technology forever because it is who i am but i do want to start being able even if its a hour a day, write in my note pad, draw and then have something to look back that i had created.

as you can see from the picture i had no idea what went through my mind when i started drawing.
even a kid can draw better then me !!!!


This is again down to being so used to technology, The last 2 years of school, we had to pick 3 subjects that we wanted to study onto of our normal ones.
None of my choices were pick and i got dealt with Geography, Textiles and double art.
I had also put myself down once a week to do a college course type thing, to learn music Technology.
which was on the days of the double art which meant that on top of not liking art and not being able to draw even a simple house etc, I was miles behind on my work, and did not get a grade for Art.
This did not bother me and went on to further study music Technology.

So yeah sometimes when you have ideas and you cant draw they do not go the way you want to, and i even had to laugh at what i had created.

The first page was going to be like a hey here is my Intro to the book sort of thing.
I got ideas of the net of making the word Projects into different funny ideas which then looked a mess after.
I tired to join letter together to make it look cool, and then decided since it did not turn out the way i hope just to draw anything, really is just a mess to be honest lol, but that is about of me and my life.
Often people will discard something they have done because of fear of being laughed at or it being horrible i say, to heck what people think, its a page in your chapter of life, something to be proud of and something you know you can laugh about as well (:

so far i have only written a tiny bit on one page that was meant to be talking about how a day went but i need to learn to get used to writing with a pen again (:

This weekend what has just gone really got me thinking about the true me just wishing could be there all the time.

My friends invited me to go out Drinking something i hardly ever do because its not me, the only time i will ever have a drink is on special occasions or at Christmas.
Whenever i do drink its been at home and never out and about in town.
over the last year that has changed as i have been on a few nights out, and been able to draw the real me out.

one of many reasons why i also not go out, with mates is the fact of my anxiety, my chest becomes tight and i wouldnt say i feel scared but i feel not right being there, i dont know how to act or what to say, i become like a stick figure, while mates are chatting to each other i am just sat or standing there looking around or down at my phone, they try to get me involved but again i do not talk much.
Its also a confidence issue one that has been damaged so much due to my past.
So when the night comes where i decide to drink, its amazing and a experience i could have more often.
Not for the getting drunk but being able to be who i want to be in that moment instead of holding it back.
last weekend, was one of the staffs birthdays at the gym i go to, we all talked between us on how to surprise a little get together, for drinks in town.
I dressed for the occasion and as me and my friends approached the place i suddenly felt  overwhelmed how busy it was but also how many people i knew from the gym that was there.
I froze and not sure how to act, even more so when hugs was involved i bunched up and felt really shy.
Now for someone who can deliver businesses pitches and go on radio, says a lot about my day to day real life interactions with people when its just a get together.
The best music ever was going off, stuff that i like to dance to at home, when listing to music, jump up and down and be myself.
I had a few drinks, and watched people dancing, the more i watched the more i wanted to just shove my body into where everyone was and start dancing but again, i could not get my brain to get over the fear.

That said as the night went on, i started to become less worried, and more in the zone and listing to the beats of the music, ( when really i was totally drunk haha )

A couple of people started dancing with me and it felt great just letting my hair down and living the moment, i only remember these events half way through the next day and there will always be moments that you cant remember either (:

That is the feeling i want everyday, to be confident because i know i can be.
sometimes my brain lives to much in a very fantasy world, that when its in reality it does not like it.
Something i never thought i would say or the fact of  believing is i suppose I expect people to talk to me, to make the first move so to speak.
Many times when playing pool, or just sat in a pub i have wanted to start up a chat with someone but choice to not go down that path.
I always seem to need a kick in that direction, meaning someone to start the convo off before i am able to at least be a little like myself and feel more relaxed.
Its a circle that is always getting worse at the moment that i want to be social and make friends, yet i find it increasingly harder every day to be confident, i choose to shut myself in my room and write this blogs for example because this to me is my fantasy world a place where i dont have to think what people think of me, how i look etc i can just say what i want so to speak.
If only the love and passion i put into things like photography and helping the community via again technology based things could cross over into the normal day to day me !!!

I have come to realise that other then getting drunk, to bring myself out, sport is one of those ways to,
Its the pleasure side of my brain that i crave all the time.
If i am super happy, playing tennis, running or even pool that i am not finding off the enivorment around me, just the moment that is happening then i feel fine, and again comfy.

I think that is one of many reasons why i had being stuck in my room, and why i end up in body pain most days because of over doing it with physically activities.

For example i can have 4 hours of tennis, come home feeling happy because i enjoyed it but also wanting to cry because i am in pain so much, because i have to give it everything i have got in order to be happy.
If i am not trying 100 percent and the things i love, that feeling of something not quite right creeps in, which then gets me finding off bad things.

After resting on the day i did 4 hours of tennis, all i wanted to do was watch tv all day, but all the time i was my brain, or body i do not know which was still wanting to work out and do something.

After sitting looking at the walls for many mins, i gave in and went to a a gym class, which again i enjoyed but again i had to push through that pain barrier resulting in waking up the next day, hardly being able to move, and feeling very low and upset, again the circle of my life.
When i am doing these things i feel alive, i feel happy and i feel myself, that i suppose i try to cling onto those moments the longest i can before i enter my sad depression state.

Why can i not be the person i am, that all comes down to the lack of support where i live from the NHS and the mental health services a year and a half after trying to fix a least a part of me i am no closer to getting any answers or assesments.

It gets that bad that the people you hang around with who know you more then these services start to put together their own thoughts on i may have wrong with me and things that might help.

The other day when playing tennis i had a good talk with someone who said that i might be BI polor.
which i think in some ways i might just be, most people when they feel down and normally get over it or know the cause of why they feel that way.
For me out of nowhere of feeling happy, i can into a circle of feeling so low i start to feel upset just for no reason, and nothing i do, which btw i have tried a exuashing lists of things will not snap me out of it.
The only thing that does is to let it take its course, weather that be a hour or a day, and then hope the next day wont be the same.
One of the things that makes peoples confidence levels so low is the fact that some people still choose to look down or not even talk to those who have these issues.
when all we are trying to do is live our lives just like everyone else !!!
I talked to someone ages a go who blocked me because i defended myself on a topic of mental health.
I was explaining about how everyone at some point in there life will suffer from mental health, which is a lot of thing, from depression, aniexty etc not just depression which mental health seems to have a bad stigma for pointing the condition on.

You cant see yourself how your going to be in the future, if you did not have a bad day in your whole life, where you felt a bit low, upset, aniexty etc then you are not human.
This person said well i dont see myself ever having a issue, and think that you need to get over it and try more.
my reply was, before you look down on others and give them advice that you can not give, how about you eduate yourself on the topic first (:

which is the truth if anyone ever says to you, oh just get over it, or something that you know is just  patronising then get rid of that person from your life, block them, do not speak to them etc.
you dont need people who are going to undermine you and treat you like your a monster with a illness.
instead do what i have done bulid a community of people that do understand and are there to listen and help.
it wont solve the issue but on some days that you feel bad, at least you have a chance of feeling better (:

When i look at my life now to what it was a year a go, i have come a long way, and changed the person i was so much.
In other way i see myself going backwards, i feel less confident to talk to others then i did 6 months a go, and i feel the more days i can not get help the more days i do now know who i am and what i am suppose to do in life.

when i look in a mirror i see so much potential in myself  that others can also see and have even said to me as well.
yet my lack of confidence among other things is my downfall, to doing what i want in life.

some people have called me a dark horse, in the fact that people are shocked at the things i can do, when i really put my mind to it, like making videos etc.

I know inside there are so many things i have not yet telled people or shown because again the lack of fear, etc.

I have proven to myself and people that i am a strong person, and that i can almost live by myself, because i am capable of being independent.

However there are a lot of days again when i feel low and do not want to do anything that the house becomes a mess, my life becomes a mess, and days where the walls seem to ever get smaller.

I walk around town seeing mates laugh with each other, going on days out to watch a football match, mates having a meal catching up, and just enjoying themselfs.
wishing i could have that if only i could drag myself away from a computer tune my brain to be the person i am when talking online.

Another topic which i defended myself again was about being in a relationship with someone who has as society puts is mental health issues, slapping a tittle on a person.

Saying that a lot of people tend to avoid being with someone who has these issues due to it affecting their lives.

People who get on with someone so well, they really like them but have to turn them down because of this.

My opinion is this if you love someone that much you will learn to cope with them, you will bond and help each other grow, and go through the hard times.
most of the time being with someone can not necessary fix that person but it gives them a new meaning to there live.
it will make them try harder in life, they will feel more comfy safe and be able to be the person they want to be because that person listens to them and knows how to help.

Like i said above we all suffer at one point so saying to yourself oh i cant be seen with someone who feels down or upset well, i guess you will be putting a question online when you get dumped if you have a bad day and that person does that to you hey???

I seriously do think that before people judge someone who has problems, its best to sit down and talk understand them, then take your time to understand the topic of mental health, and that way that person who is dealing with something, suddenly you know they are a good person just struggles a little bit.
we are all unique people, who can do something that someone else cant, there are so many things to do in life, because we can all do different things, its time we start embracing that instead of looking down on those who cant do the same things as you.

Next week i am attending a meeting, about the welfare in Lincolnshire, looking at the course of the way the funding and the support is going to go over the next few years.
I have questions i am going to ask, and i will be filming it as well because its about time, something is done about how the mental health system works !!!

I will also keep helping people at tennis and in life who suffers from problems because i may not listen to my own advice but i like talking to people i like listening and helping.
its true that people with the same issues as you are bound to understand each other better then people who do not know you, and know how to come across.

I will keep pushing my body and doing the things i love because what more can i do, if it means hurting myself to feel happy even just for a hour then i will do it.

I only hope that one day, people can find this blog, and take something from it, that instead of being told to get over it, no!!!  instead embrace who you are, find the people that will listen, and do what you love, not for someone else, not because you have to but because you want to (:


Thank you for reading this moan-e blog but again if i can help just one person feel a bit better i will, if i can feel better by writing this i will, and if i help people understand me better then i will keep trying to be more open, everyday !!!! (: