One in four adults experience mental illness, and many more of us know and care for people who do. Talking openly about we feel can help.
The challenge involves cuffing a 3kg Medicine Ball to my wrist for 7 days. It may not sound that heavy but being tied to the medicine ball continuously for 7 days is a significant burden. The ball becomes a physical, visual and tangible representation of the invisible burden of mental health so many of us can experience.
The challenge raises money for the following charities. Any support you can offer will be gratefully received and split evenly between the causes.
My Updates
Graveyard shift
Bushmills whiskey
Check the view
Top of the world
The only way is up
Mountain walk 15km
Walked up Slieve Donard today the highest mountain in Northern Ireland… took me 5 hours to complete the 15km walk! Some great views and bumped into some fantastic people. I even got given £20.00 of an Irish lad on top of the mountain and met a lovely lady called Neave
Knee raise’s
39 sec Rest
Garage medicine ball work out
Did a garage based workout today and walked over 10km with the ball on patrol night shift duty’s at the old Bushmills Distillery
Beach walk causeway coast
Never Give Up
Day Four, 8 km walk
Walked with my wife from Dunluce castle to Portrush down the coastal path and beach… we managed to raise over £500.00 today which I’m very thankful 🥲 to everyone who has kindly supported me and donated some much needed cash! Stay safe everyone 🙏
Day three garage session
I did a med ball workout 🏋️♀️ in my man cave garage gym, hard work 😓
Portstewart in the distance
Beach Sanger
Strand walk
Walked from the starting point (grid) of the Northwest 2000 TT at Portstewart to the Strand Beach which was 14.9 km. It was a very windy and wet walk but well worth it… a little bit uncomfortable carrying the medicine ball however it’s nothing compared to some of the stuff people can carry around in there hearts…. Anyhow into day three tomorrow
Giants Causeway visited with the med Ball
Today I walked from Bushmills to the Giants Causeway which was a total distance of 12.14 km… a very humbling experience thinking about what the medicine Ball challenge represents.Thank you to my Sponsors
£104
Ald Sharon Mckillop Veterans Champion Ccgbc
£104
Cash Donations
Pat Callaghan £20.00 X1X Tommy Cooper £20.00 Adrian Duncan £20.00 Robby Duncan £10.00 Bev Duncan £10.00 Katherine Connolly £20.00 Thank you guys x
£95
Victor Adt, J&e Parke, A&l Mckee, D Mussell
£35
Steven W
Support all the way! Good worthy cause.
£31.20
Anonymous
£26
Gerry Donnelly
Brilliant Andy your the Man.👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
£25
Sinead
Well done Andy!
£20.80
Ann Harney
Good luck hubby xxx
£20.80
Philip Hartin
£20.80
Billy Ellis
Brilliant Effort Andy
£20
Tony
Good Luck Andy , Harvey is free is you want a buddy to go with you i even supply poo bags
£20
Irish Guy On Top Of Slieve Donard Irish Guy On Top Of Slieve Donard
£20
Martha Leighton
£20
Paul Mccloskey The Mash & Still Man Obd
£20
Paul Harney
£15.60
Mark Ballard
£15.60
Nikki Parke
£15.60
Bob
We’ll done Andy
£15.60
Mike Mckenzie
£15.60
Jennifer Irwin
Good luck Andy 🙂
£15
Dave Wood
Good luck Andy....
£10.40
Anonymous
£10.40
Sam Watson
good luck Andrew
£10.40
Gary Taylor
All the best Andy ✊ you're keeping me entertained watching you cart that around on nighshift! 😆
£10.40
Vanessa Duncan
Keep going Andy, we are all proud of you!
£10.40
Lynne Mcmullan
Well done Andy you can do this 👍🏻
£10.40
Richard Heath
£10.40
Roy Crawford
Well done Andy 👍
£10
Eddie Bonnar
Great Charities, all the best Andy... Go smash it m8
£10
Rut Ni Maholain
£10
Will Carmichael
Great work Andrew - rather you than me!
£10
Raymond Campbell
£10
Adam Carroll Our Mash & Still Man
£10
Bruce Bruce Sailor
£10
Robert Deeney Mash & Still Man
£5.20
Wendy
You’re a superstar
£5
Adele Tomb
Our Team
Alison Campbell
£398.40
Andrea Miniss
£267.60
Andrew Harney
£828.60
Andrew CRYMBLE
£787.08
Cath Watkins
£710.80
Davy Daly
BIG BIRD
£610.60
John Gibson
£41.20
Ryan Steele
£20.00
SHIRLEY AGNEW
Tommy Crawford
£127.80
Still giving to society