My brother-in-law Ade was first diagnosed with Kidney Cancer in March 2007, and without medication, he wasn’t expected to live longer than 12 months.  There followed fights with PCT’s for drugs that could pro-long his life & participating in clinical drugs trials and thankfully, he survived another four years. 

Unfortunately, he lost his courageous battle with cancer on the 7th March 2011.

During those 4 years, Ade, along with my sister Jane, was totally committed to raising as much money as they could for the James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer.

Our big challenge for 2011 is the ‘Walk for A. Cure’.  An idea initiated by myself, and wholeheartedly supported by Ade, who was planning to join my sister and I on as much of the walk as his health would permit him.  Unfortunately, this was not to be. 

Ade was a proud, strong, determined man with such a positive attitude to life and who was a major inspiration to everyone he met, including myself.  This is why we still plan to take on this challenge in Ade’s memory, and are determined to smash the £10,000 target set for fund raising.

The walk will commence on Saturday the 27th August, from Gas Street Basin in Birmingham, and will involve walking 144.5 miles along the Grand Union Canal to finish on Saturday 3rd September in Little Venice, London.  The route is as follows:

Thank you.