Well it’s been over a year and a half. It has been the best decision we could have made as a family.

Orkney weather is something to behold. Rain or shine there is something eerily beautiful about it. Even with horizontal rain.

The people are lovely. There is a real chill calmness here that I’ve not known anywhere else.

Back in my twenties I struggled to reconcile how I would find living up here having spent my whole life in the hustle, bustle and danger of south London. I really couldn’t see myself making the move till I was much, much older.

Well now I am in my thirties and quite simply, we waited too long. Being able to breath is so unreal. I felt like I was suffocating in London compared to now. Every day used to feel so intense, now it isn’t a constant onslaught on my nervous system. There are days where I can breath, feel the wind or the rain and just know that might be the worst attack my nervous system will logically have that day.

While the mental health is still a struggle and it is alphabet soup, it’s different here. The support, the kindness, the understanding and patience, its unparalleled.

Best decision ever.