I‘m finally having a knee replacement on 25th April 2018. After years of Instructing fitness classes i’m a little worse for wear. Hopefully after my operation i’ll be back teaching again. The only exercise i can do is walk. So ive decided to walk a marathon distance with my friend Paula Kilmister, before my operation to hopefully raise some money for a school close to my heart. My twin daughters both attend Forest Way School in Coalville. The school caterers for children & young adults with a wide range of disabilities. Their Forest Schools Project is in need of some new equipment. Forest Schools enable the children to experience & learn all about the outdoors. They build campfires, learn how to cook outdoors, enjoy making shelters, learn about wildlife & plants etc.

Now this challenge is not going to be a straight forward one for me. Ive not walked this distance before purely because of my knee problems. So its going to hurt both of us! But whats a bit of pain when trying to raise money for such a worthy cause.

We will be walking 26.2 miles at Rutland Water on April 22nd 2018. Hopefully in under 9 hours (depending on how fast i can limp!)

Please help us raise lots of money for the fantastic kids at Forest Way School . Thank you x

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