cancer fundraising
It’s been another tough year for everyone and I am sure that I am no different to many in wishing 2021 gone and for 2022 to be a much better year. However, when I look back on 2021 there have still been some great personal highlights especially when it comes to the fundraising.
Much of what I do on here is about my fundraising, but recently I have been going through a period of reflection, and perhaps this is something I need to do in order to look to the future.
On this day two years Prince was diagnosed with seven slipped discs. He was given a life expectancy of two months to two years. So today he smashes past that and has proven what an amazing dog he is.
I can’t remember exactly when this was, but perhaps a year or two before she died. She decided to sell off some on the family silverware when she found out they filming Dickinson’s Real Deal just down the road. I think would probably have put the money towards her annual Greek Island hopping holiday she went on with her friend Anne.
In 2017 I did a 365 day photo challenge, and this post is taken from that blog that I did at the time. This was post 363 out of 365, and I returned to the scene of the incident that finally put an end to my heavy drinking. I thought that I was indestructible, but far from it I was fortunate to survive and my love of alcohol became a respectful fear of it. I was reminded of the event today, so I thought I would share the post…
For those that don’t know our family has a long standing association with Henley Royal Regatta of over 60 years going back to the mid 1950s when Dad rowed at the regatta for Maidenhead Rowing Club. Mum was born in Henley at The Sun Inn pub in Henley (now offices) in 1936, so there has
It’s seems unbelievable that today marks the 10th anniversary of losing dad. June 15th 2009 is a day when everything changed…
I was watching Silent Witness on TV this week, and part of the programme featured a scene where a woman died of sepsis. Then yesterday I was talking to Liv Rowlands for my book, and she told me she’d had sepsis while being treated for bowel cancer. This struck a powerful chord with me, as dad
It was almost a year ago to the day that Prince’s spine injury was diagnosed. To hear the news that he has seven slipped discs was devastating, and coming just a few months after losing his mum Storm to lymphoma. Plenty of changes have had to be made to makes things comfortable for Prince and
I have always been happier with both my feet on the ground, and even up until a few months ago I would never have thought that I would ever do a skydive. I have always had a problem with heights, and am absolutely terrified. I suppose it was this fear that made the challenge a
