Simon John Parkin

A skateboarder does a grab trick in a bowl-shaped skate park. In the background is a watching crowd, palm trees, and the ocean.
Latest posts

  • 23rd Challenge complete

    Most good walks involve a little bit of fear. A steep rock climb or a narrow cliff path always spices up a walk. But when that fear is a constant terror for 3 solid hours it gets a bit much. I started my night walk at Bossington near Minehead and headed up Selworthy Hill just

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  • 22nd Challenge complete

    I’ve wanted to pray for a while now but the thing is, I don’t believe in god. It started when I got high from going to a singing class. It made me realise why churches encourage people to sing. It’s because singing, really belting out with other people, makes you high and gives you a

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  • 21st Challenge complete

    Yesss! I beat my last year’s time for the 750m Human Race Swim Series at Marlow by exactly 1 minute. My time was 19:43. That’s 23rd place out of 49, 11th out of 19 men and 3rd out of 6 men in my age group. After doing the Severn Mile swim last week I wasn’t quite so nervous

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