On 13th September I shall be walking 50km (31 miles) to raise money for Brake, the road safety charity.

I'm taking on this challenge in memory of somebody I was very lucky to have known. I was planning to spend my life with Graham, but on 3rd August 2012 I had the police knock on my door to tell me he had been hit by a car and killed. In that moment I felt my world fall apart, though the full horror of the reality of what had happened was still to hit me. I had no idea when he left the house that morning that I would never see him alive again, and the world has been a darker place since he has been gone. He is in my thoughts and in my heart every single day. He was just 29 when he was killed and had so much more to give the world.

Every day 5 people are killed on UK roads, and a further 66 are seriously hurt. What I'd really like is for this to stop happening. Lives are being needlessly stolen, and those left behind have to deal with the devastation caused for the rest of their lives. Brake does excellent work campaigning for safer roads for everyone and offering support and advice to bereaved families and those injured in road accidents.

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