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Evie {England}
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Ann {USA}
For this week's Diptych Project we decided to go a little more ambitious and have a photostories of people we know and an interview about something they are passionate about.
Friendship is a funny thing, some short, some long, some superficial, some deep.
10 years ago (or so) I was in a relationship with an American guy from New England, we had met randomly on a bus, what can I say - I love talking to strangers! Through him I ended up making many more friends at his church in New Hampshire, they were some of the best years of my life and I've many fond memories of that time.
One of the friends I made was a beautiful girl called Faith. What strikes you about Faith when you meet her, it was true then and now, is that she is vivacious, enthusiastic, and joyful and has an infectious passion for life, so I am delighted she let me interview her for this week's Diptych Project.
We haven't really seen each other more recently but she is now living in London for a time, and yesterday I caught up with her and finally met her husband. Good times!
In two weeks Faith and her husband Adam are doing the London - Brighton walk which is 100 km, to raise money for Pacreatic Cancer UK.
On what inspired her to do this walk...
My pride! I thought if Adam can do it, I can too. Adam's nan died last year or pancreatic cancer and also his other nan and my grandfather, we named Team Thelma after his nan. The warning signs of pancreatic cancer are almost non-existent until it's too late, and Pancreatic Cancer UK are trying to develop tests to spot the cancer earlier.
On walking...
We love walking. Neither of us had walked that much before and we discovered it together after we got married. Last year we really got to enjoy walking in the Yorkshire Dales (as Adam trained for his last walk).
It makes you feel much more like you can own a place when you have walked it, got to know it, smelt it and felt it.
On what will motivate her on the day...
Determination, pride and stubbornness. Knowing we have received money is a huge encouragement and knowing so many people are supporting us. Getting text's from our friends and then at the end we have family meeting us.
How do you like living in Britain?
It's been an amazing way of opening my eyes to the world in a safe and more accessible way. We speak the same language and makes it easier to communicate our world view. Britain is so multinational and multicultural than New England which I love, I feel more at home here. Although it is challenging to be seen as American when I don't feel like one, although some people think I'm from Somerset!
If you would like to support Faith and Adam in their walk, please visit:
Every donation counts!
Although this Diptych Project was a bit harder to organise, I really enjoyed hearing Faith's story - I can certainly relate to her comments about walking and her love of travelling. She gave me a quote she likes 'It's our little secret how big the world is', I think it's from Bill Bryson's book 'A Walk in the Woods', which I'd recommend to anyone who enjoyed this interview - it's a great book.
