In July of this year I will be walking the 84 mile long Hadrian’s Wall footpath. I am doing this in aid of The Joseph Salmon Trust, a charity that provides financial support to parents who have lost a child. This might be help with things like funeral costs for those struggling to afford them, or to allow the self employed to take time off in order to grieve.
Over the next nine days I will be showcasing the bloggers that will be hiking the trail with me.
Idaho Dad
Idaho Dad started his blog A Family Runs Through It way back in 2004. That’s some seriously old school blogging. I mean the internet wasn’t even invented until 2005! (or something like that. I forget).
He’s certainly been a visitor to this blog almost since the start, and has always been both an inspiration and a source of encouragement to me. He probably won’t remember this, but he once sent me an incredibly supportive email during the middle of my mid-blog crisis about having the confidence to expand the scope of topics here on All That comes With It, and as a result lead directly to me improving both the quality and the enjoyment I get from writing this blog.
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that without Idaho Dad I’d probably have quit blogging by now. Wether that’s a good thing or a bad thing depends on your perception.
Idaho Dad’s also been incredibly supportive of the walk and has proved an invaluable sounding board to bounce ideas off. In fact it was a comment about how he’d have liked to come along on the last walk that sparked off the idea to post an open invite here on the blog.
Wow. Thanks man.
Over on his blog Idaho Dad posts about life, the universe, and everything; but mainly focusing on his kids, homeschooling, and great children’s music. He’s a good man, and one I can’t recommend getting to know highly enough. Even if he does have a dodgy beard
ImPerceptible
ImPerceptible from ImPerceptibility is another homeschooler. But like Idaho Dad she’s not one of those scary fundamentalist christian homeschoolers. She describes herself as an Educational Anarchist, and I’m sure that moniker fits very well.
Actually I’m not entirely sure if she is homeschooling or not at the moment. But even if she isn’t, the attitude is still there.
I must admit that I’m a little intimidated by ImPerceptible. She’s artistic, intelligent, funny, literate and a free thinker; and sometimes I wonder if that in real life I’ll be able to keep up. She’s like one of those really cool kids in school – not the ones that hang around in the “in-crowd”, but those that just seem incredibly comfortable and self assured in their own skin. To quote Douglas Adams “They really know where their towel is”.
It’s quite possible that I’ve completely misread her, and that she’s as much of a bundle of social awkwardness and insecurities as the rest of us. Or maybe not.
Still, even if she does turn out to be too cool for school (ha! see what i did there?), I’m still looking forward to meeting her and her husband when they fly over for the walk in July. Because in every contact I’ve had with her she’s come across as a warm and lovely individual.
My only criticism is that she doesn’t blog enough. The blogosphere needs more imperceptibility in it.
If you would like to learn more about the Hadrian’s Walk then you can visit our website. If you would like to donate then you can do so here.
