Tom climbing

This is a picture of my son Tom climbing in South Africa. He was on his gap year between school and university. He got into some incredible scrapes whilst away.

Needless to say this photograph isn't by me. I will find the source and credit it here as soon as possible.

(Later: I've found a link - http://www.lasportiva.com/ImagesStorico/fotovisitatori/Nelson1.jpg but Google no longer seems to be able to find the index page that gives the name of the photographer. I'll keep looking though.)

During Tom's second year at university it soon became apparent that he had become very ill. He was later diagnosed with schizophrenia. He has been ill now for over four years. He is currently detained under section 3 of the Mental Health Act and is in a secure ward at a High Dependency Unit in a private psychiatric hospital.

I have a different weblog that describes all of this part of our lives. If such issues are live for you and you might be interested in reading the other weblog do email me for details.