Hi everyone!

So, on the 2nd to the 3rd of July, 2016, I will be walking from London's Hackney Marshes to Cambridge's Wilberforce Sports Ground. This is part of the London to Cambridge Challenge which can be found here:

http://www.london2cambridgechallenge.com/   

As some of you know I have lost a lot of weight over the past few
months, and this is intended to keep me motivated towards my final goal as well as raising money for a very worthy cause. Please take a moment and read, if you can.

I am intending to walk this route (with maybe just a little jogging!) in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. That picture you see up there is my little cousin once removed, Brody. He was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis through routine newborn screening when he was three weeks old. Brody is my cousin Lauren's third child (Jay and Livvy, Brody's older siblings,  do not have the condition - neither do Lauren or Warwick, Brody's Dad). Brody is a smiley happy boy and brings joy to anyone who meets him.

Seeing his beaming face, you would never know he has a life limiting medical condition.

Cystic Fibrosis is an insidious, creeping disease that can affect Brody's respiratory and digestion systems. They can become covered with a thick viscous mucus that can harbour colonies of harmful bacteria. Brody has been on multiple daily medications since his diagnosis as well as daily physiotherapy to minimize the collection of this mucus, but it's a daily routine that can only hold the effects at bay, and not cure the condition.

The cure has not yet been found for this horrible genetic disease, but it could be so very close. Every year progress is made with gene therapy and new medications that treat the cause as opposed to the symptoms of the condition and another step towards a cure is taken. Charities like the CF Trust fund such research projects as well as providing many different support mechanisms that my cousin, Brody and their family will need over the coming years.

Please give generously to a wonderful cause and have a direct impact on all CF sufferers lives.