MY GOLD DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD

On the 19^th May 2012, (just over 7 years ago), I went on my first Bronze Duke of Edinburgh expedition. On the 13^th May 2019, I finally completed it; I was invited to Buckingham Palace to collect my Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award, presented by HRH The Earl of Wessex, Prince Edward. 

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK

Seeing as it is coming to the end of Mental Health Awareness Week (and my blog is first and foremost a mental health blog), I thought it would be fitting to write a post. I haven’t updated how my mental health has been in over two months now, so the timing of this is just right!

THE PANDAS!

At the beginning of this week, I had the privilege of visiting the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. This center is located very near to where I live and I enjoyed my visit here very much, so much so that I thought I might write a post about my trip! This post will be a little different to the usual. I want to educate my readers on the severity of the situation; that without this base and others like it, pandas would be on the list of endangered animals.