St David's Hospice - Walking to help fight Cancer
Andrew Wakley is raising money for St David's Hospice Care (Gwent and S. Powys)
Team: Remembering Wimke Wakley
In memory of Wimke Wakley
Story
Walking to help fight Cancer
My name is Andrew Wakley and I am climbing 138 of the highest Welsh Mountains for two reasons – firstly in memory of my wife Wimke who died at home in Brecon on 9 April this year from metastatic breast cancer and secondly in appreciation of the wonderful medical and palliative care she received during her illness.
Raising money to support St David's Hospice Care
Wimke was at home with her family during her final days, which is what she wanted. St David’s Hospice Care provided nurses to come and look after Wimke during the nights so my family and I could get some sleep. They could not have been kinder and their support was invaluable.
Your donations to St David's Hospice Care - however large or small - will help them continue to offer their invaluable support to others.
Walking with others is more fun!
I will climb the first of the 138 mountains in the Brecon Beacons in the middle of June 2015 on my 73rd birthday with some of my family. I am aiming to climb all the mountains within a year, including walking up Pen y Fan on Wimke's birthday - 20 March 2016 - which I also hope will be the final walk. I welcome as many people as possible to join me on that day.
Some of the walks will be more strenuous than others but hopefully all will be enjoyable. If you are interested in joining me on any of the walks please email me at walkingtohelpfightcancer@outlook.com
For details of the 138 mountains I am climbing please search online for "Welsh Hewitts" and click on the wikiedia page for "Welsh Hewitts and Nuttalls" - I'm climbing all the Welsh Hewitts.
Walking to help fight Cancer team page
Please visit the team page - click on the link at the end of this page or go to justgiving.com/teams/walkingtohelpfightcancer - to find out about the other charities I am supporting and to see how we are doing against the overall target.
Thank you in advance for any support you can offer – it all helps!
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