Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

Phew! I have never in my life been so glad to be back in my village, not even after Slovenia and despite having spent very rare quality time with my family. I can’t start to explain to you what a relief it is to feel I belong, speak the language and, more importantly, practice the right customs. There have been laughs but the title says it all. With my CFS I feel like I’ve been through Heaven and Hell to get home again.

How Waterloo Road feels

In London I saw the very best and worst of people. You can do this if you like – just hire a wheelchair and try getting around a big city by public

Even t his feels like a mountain!

transport and unbelievable access-unfriendly pavements. The best – even when I wasn’t really having too much of a problem, friendly folks would offer to…