James McGowan was the son of my close friend, Ellery McGowan. Ellery and I first met at Charterhouse Club when we both moved to Guildford in 1996. Through our mutual passion for swimming, we became close friends and of course, this meant my path crossed with her son, James, many times. She always spoke about his
Four and a half years ago Jasper, who is now 11, lost his uncle Toby unexpectedly. Not long ago I found the card that Toby wrote to Jasper on the day he was born. It read: “Little man, if only you knew what I have in store for you.” Everyone who knew Tobes knew exactly what
Back in February I did one of those things that we all do at the time and press a button and say yes but later on kick yourself for doing it. I can even remember where I was when I said yes. I wanted to do something to remember a very inspirational young man called Jordan Burndred
Congratulations and a huge thank you to the 74 runners who took part in the Great North Run for CRY on Sunday 11th September 2016. This was CRY’s biggest team yet! The atmosphere was brilliant, as it always is at the largest half-marathon in the world! Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah won the race
I decided to run the half marathon on behalf of CRY for a young lad named Zac Taylor who came into my work (Barbers). He was such a bubbly lad and could guarantee to put a smile on your face with his crazy haircuts and stories. I was so saddened to hear that he had passed
We are very fortunate to have had wonderful support from our neighbours since the death of our son Oliver in 2006. This year was our neighbour Nick’s 50th birthday and he decided to hold a ‘Garden Party ‘ themed birthday celebration on 16th July 2016 with everyone donating to CRY in order to take part in
Mairi and Lucy ‘s hair-raising fund raiser. On the 14th May 2016 Mairi and Lucy chopped off their long hair and raised £1,514.50 in memory of Michael. The freshly cut hair was donated to ‘ The Little Princess Trust’. Thanks to all who contributed.
I am pleased to advise that we have raised a total of £130.00 (+32.50 gift aid) by taking part in the Color Run Birmingham on 20th August 2016. We had a wonderful and very fun day as a family raising money for the charity. Kelsie is 9 (10 in October) and Grace will be 5 on
A few months ago a group of 8 people (now unbelievably in their 30s but still thinking they are closer to their teens) thought it would be a good idea to set ourselves a challenge. When we spotted the Salford 10k coming up it felt like a sign. So, after much debating, and more than a
We completed the South Coast Challenge last weekend (27th-28th August 2016) in memory of Isabelle Tudisca. I walked with Isabelle’s parents Leo and Della, my daughter Katie Mills and Issy’s cousin Andrea Mena. Day 1 (Saturday) started in Eastbourne on a beautiful sunny morning. Straight up Beachy Head and over the Seven Sisters we headed inland.