U.K. Veteran Walks 500 Miles to Raise Money, Awareness, for PTSD

Doug Young, a U.K. Army veteran, will be walking from the Tony Sutcliff Memorial Bench in Baildon to Edinburgh Castle and back again to raise money for PTSD UK.

The journey, which is expected to take 14 days and span 500 miles, will include multiple stops (see below) during which Young will talk to local communities and raise awareness about mental health.

"Overcoming PTSD is a long, difficult journey, and our walk symbolizes that," says Young. "We hope to raise awareness and money for this debilitating condition and let people know that they don't need to suffer alone."

On the walk, he will be carrying the "Keg of Demons," to symbolize the weight sufferers of PTSD have to shoulder daily. Young will invite other people to write down their demons and put them in the keg to help share the burden.

ROUTE

Baildon to Patley bridge

Patley bridge to Stockton on tees

Stockton on tees to Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough to Seaham

Seaham to Sunderland

Sunderland to South Sheilds

South Shelids to Whitley Bay

Whitley bay to Ashington

Ashington to Amble

Amble to Boulmer

Boulmer to Bamburgh

Bamburgh to Berwick upon tweed

Berwick upon tweed to Eyemouth

Eyemouth to Dunbar

Dunbar to North Berwick

North Berwick to Musselburgh

Musselburgh to Edinburgh Castle

About Doug Young:

Doug Young is an emergency medical technician with nearly 30 years of experience in military, security, and medical roles. He is a veteran of the conflicts in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and most recently, Ukraine. Young worked in Ukraine from the onset of Russia’s large-scale invasion, serving on the eastern front providing medevac services to military on the front lines. His work included serving as the lead medic with the team attending blast victims at the restaurant in Kramatorsk hit by Russian missiles in June 2023. A total of 11 people, ­including four children, were killed, and nearly 60 injured in that attack.

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