I met Flowers during fresher's week at Collingwood in 2008, we had three years together at uni - she was a good friend, beautiful girl, super intelligent, kind, full of hope and I miss her.

The stories that were told at her funeral - of her faith, her humour, her talent and her friendship to LOADS of people just highlighted the Flowers that I knew. She was an actual hero. It's not OK that she died so young.

I wanted to set myself a challenge in memory of Flowers, raising some money for the Brain Tumour Charity in the process. Cycling from my current home, Durham, to where I was brought up, Southport (and back, if I make it!) seemed like a reasonable challenge.

Cycling over the weekend of the 9th and 10th of August.

http://www.strava.com/routes/543094

Give me a sponsor both in memory of Naomi and so our legs get us there (I'll be riding with my friend Ant).