From early on in my life, my dad was an inspiration to me in so many ways. From a devoted family man who put family first to an energetic sports fan who taught my brother and I the love of sport, morale values and hard work.

After the highest and happiest moment of my life at our wedding to my beautiful bride Jaimie, our worlds changed forever upon hearing the news of Dad's cruel diagnosis of a rare form of Cancer just one day after.

Losing the future we were supposed to have as a family, we had 2 memorable weeks together in both the JR Hospital and finally Katherine House Hospice whom this page is all about. A quiet place that goes about its daily business completely voluntary, a place that you do not come across until these things happen to you personally. The palliative care the nurses & Dr's gave to my dad and my family were simply incredible. We can not thank them all enough for their support, understanding & care for my father even after his passing.

To help this amazing place continue to provide support and care for other families, Jaimie & I are going to embark on a challenge, on the 2nd September, that will see us walk from our home in London to the local Katherine House in Adderbury where dad sadly passed away. A total of 62 miles, (£10 a mile for each year of my father's life) or 100km for our Kiwi friends and try to complete this within 24 hours.

We would like to share this experience with all of our friends and family and so we are inviting you all to join us at any stage of the trip for as long or as little as you can to celebrate Dad's life and hopefully raise as much money as possible for this amazing place.

On behalf of all my family, we thank-you for your time in reading this and support for Katherine House Hospice with any donations that you can make.