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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">On </span>Tuesday 21st January, I heard the most moving account of one man's personal battle on Radio 4's PM: <a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/679301-leap-for-pm"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://audioboo.fm/boos/679301-leap-for-pm</span></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;">Geoffrey Harris from south Wales explained to Eddie Mair how he planned to mark 2012's extra day on the 29th February. After eight years of debilitating depression and anxiety, he had a simple pledge: "I intend to get on a bus to Swansea."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;">Making the promise on-air was him trying to get one step ahead, trying something new. "It's about not letting people I don't know down" </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;">It's a simple human struggle, one that we could all face one day. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt;">I'm running the Royal Parks half-marathon in October to raise money for Mind (<a href="http://www.mind.org.uk/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.mind.org.uk/</span></a>) - and to help people like Geoffrey. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Thanks for your support.</span></p>