cancer fundraising
Kindness plays such a big part in my life these days. Time and time again I witness wonderful acts of kindness, and today it once again made my day. The recent release of the Laura Lou teddy bears supporting Laura Hopkinson’s Go Fund Me page led to my American friend Lisa asking me if she
Today the Laura Lou teddy bear found its voice. I’m sure she will have a few more things to say over the coming days ❤ These special bears are raising funds for Laura Hopkinson’s Go Fund Me page. Laura, who has stage 4 incurable bowel cancer, was recently diagnosed with 9 brain mets after having
My first ever pair of prescription sunglasses! Perfect timing in this insane heat. When I last updated my glasses, only a couple of years ago during lockdown, I switched back from varifocals to normal glasses. My reasoning at the time was that my income had dramatically dropped and I couldn’t justify the cost. Also that
Today I launched the Laura Lou teddy bears which are supporting my friend Laura Hopkinson, who has stage 4 bowel cancer. Since her diagnosis in 2018, Laura has had things extremely tough to put it mildly, simply trying to stay alive, including the brutal hipec surgery during the pandemic. Recently, just when things were starting
It’s now four years since I did my skydive for Bowel Cancer UK. It’s coming up for 10 years since I began fundraising, and looking back on this now it really was bonkers! Without doubt the scariest thing I have ever done in my entire life. I have always been happier with both my feet
Typically, just as we enter the next few days of intense heat, my friend’s dog ate my straw sun hat last night! Apart from my Henley hat and winter beanies, I am hatless. I knew today I would just have to be careful in the sun, but what I did do this morning and which
Last night I went out for a bite to eat in Caversham, which bolts onto Reading. I was there to meet with my book editor Joanna Rubery. But don’t worry we were not meeting to discuss a new book, so you are safe 😆 I’ve known Joanna over getting on for almost 15 years now.
It has been an incredible 24 hours in the land of Fields of Dawn. Last night as I was getting ready for bed, a new order came through for the vinyl LP. I won’t divulge who, or the full details yet, but the order was for 5 copies! The albums will be going to a
The third track on A New Dawn is Friends, which was originally released last August to raise funds for Bowel Cancer UK marking the 5th anniversary of losing Mum x The idea behind song came from the years of fundraising where I have been fortunate enough to have made so many new friends. In fact,
This time last year I was struck down by a nasty kidney infection. Living on my own and with it being late at night I had no idea what was happening to me and I was on the point of calling 999. I managed to get through the night and fortunately got an emergency doctor’s
