A man who "ran away" from London after having a series of breakdowns and a near-death experience has told the ECHO what led him to move to the Wirral.
Adam Crouch, 34, had been working in London for six years when he found himself depressed and listless, feeling trapped inside the job that had provided him with security, a good salary, bonuses and a structure for a majority of his working life. He had once owed a lot to the job and worked for the same company, who also put him through university, for almost 14 years but would come realise the toll it took on his mental health would be too heavy a price to pay.
Adam, who now runs a kite-surfing school on New Brighton beach, told the ECHO : "I think the depression was coming for quite a while without me really realising.
