I am looking forward to the challenge of running in the London Marathon this year, and raising vital funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. I don't like running (!) but I thought if not now, when? Its completely out of my comfort zone, but we don't challenge ourselves, we will never grow or develop.

It will be an amazing experience running through London taking in the atmosphere, the iconic sights and sounds and running past by school, DLD College London where my team will, no doubt, be cheering me on. I hope I complete the marathon in one piece and on the day!

Thank you for supporting my fundraising efforts this year. I have raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support in the past. Douglas Macmillan, who founded the charity back in 1911, was a pupil at my previous school in Somerset where I was Headmaster, and so is a charity very close to my heart. 

Macmillan gives people with cancer everything they have got. If you are diagnosed, your worries are Macmillan’s worries. Macmillan’s doing whatever it takes. But without your help, Macmillan cannot support everyone who needs them. 

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Thank you for your kind donation, however small. I know times are tough, but your support means a lot to me and to Macmillan Cancer.