while christmas is a joyous time for many, it can prompt feelings of loneliness and isolation in others. one man trying to ease that burden is damon alexander cole, who has been spending his christmas day outdoors with a group of people helping to boost their mental health. the bbc s sarah rogers has been to meet him. good morning. welcome, welcome, welcome. so today we re going to be doing a ten mile across froggatt edge and curbar edge. it s mostly flat with a bit of an incline at the start. awesome. let s go. it s very early and barely light, but this crowd of hikers are already off across the derbyshire dales. every month, damon alexander cole leads out a group on a hike. but what s extra special is he even gives up his christmas mornings to spend with complete strangers. ten and a half miles. how many people have you managed to get with us today? i think today is close to 90.
one man trying to ease that burden is damon alexander cole, who will be spending his christmas day encouraging people outdoors to help boost their mental health. sarah rogers went to meet him. good morning. welcome, welcome, welcome. so today we re going to be doing a ten mile across froggatt edge and curbar edge. it s mostly flat with a bit of an incline at the start. awesome. let s go. it s very early and barely light, but this crowd of hikers are already off across the derbyshire dales. every month, damon alexander cole leads out a group on a hike. but what s extra special is he even gives up his christmas mornings to spend with complete strangers. ten and a half miles. how many people have you managed to get with us today? i think today is close to 90. last time i counted was about 86, 87. today, we walk the winding paths of the hope valley. but not too long ago, damon was on a different path. i broke with my partner, which was really bad timing. her boss owned the house
good morning. welcome, welcome, welcome. so today we re going to be doing a ten mile across froggatt edge and curbar edge. it s mostly flat with a bit of an incline at the start. awesome. let s go. it s very early and barely light, but this crowd of hikers are already off across the derbyshire dales. every month, damon alexander cole leads out a group on a hike. but what s extra special is he even gives up his christmas mornings to spend with complete strangers. ten and a half miles. how many people have you managed to get with us today? i think today is close to 90. last time i counted was about 86, 87. today, we walk the winding paths of the hope valley. but not too long ago, damon was on a different path. i broke up with my partner, which was really bad timing. her boss owned the house and i wasn t on the tenancy, so i ended up getting evicted. i got redundant. i got made redundant from work. i had to rehome my dogs. the way everything was going was like, the only option i ve got is
spending his christmas day encouraging people outdoors to help boost their mental health. sarah rogers has been to meet him. good morning. welcome, welcome, welcome. so today we re going to be doing a ten mile across froggatt edge and curbar edge. it s mostly flat with a bit of an incline at the start. awesome. let s go. it s very early and barely light, but this crowd of hikers are already off across the derbyshire dales. every month, damon alexander cole leads out a group on a hike. but what s extra special is he even gives up his christmas mornings to spend with complete strangers. ten and a half miles. how many people have you managed to get with us today? i think today is close to 90. last time i counted was about 86, 87. today, we walk the winding paths of the hope valley. but not too long ago, damon was on a different path.
feelings of loneliness and isolation for others. one man trying to ease that burden, is damon alexander cole, who has been spending his christmas day outdoors with a group of people helping to boost their mental health. the bbc s, sarah rogers, has been to meet him. good morning. welcome, welcome, welcome. so today we re going to be doing a ten mile across froggatt edge and curbar edge. it s mostly flat with a bit of an incline at the start. awesome. let s go. it s very early and barely light, but this crowd of hikers are already off across the derbyshire dales. every month, damon alexander cole leads out a group on a hike. but what s extra special is he even gives up his christmas mornings to spend with complete strangers. ten and a half miles. how many people have you managed to get with us today? i think today is close to 90. last time i counted was about 86, 87. today, we walk the winding paths of the hope valley. but not too long ago,