I am excited to be running the London Landmarks Half Marathon on 6 April to raise money for Horatio’s Garden, a special garden which brings comfort to patients at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital in Oswestry.

I was really fortunate to run the London Landmarks Half Marathon in 2018 to help with fundraising for the garden, which is based on a design by Bunny Guinness from Gardeners’ World, so I was able to see it being created from scratch.

As head of the Personal Injury Team at Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors, I help clients rebuild their life following a serious head injury and I worked closely with the hospital's spinal injuries unit for many years. I have visited clients at the hospital, and have watched the garden develop and become a thing of beauty. It also has a very functional and practical role in supporting the patients, giving them a wonderful outdoor sanctuary, assisting in their rehabilitation and nurturing their wellbeing after spinal injury.

The garden is named after Horatio Chapple, a schoolboy who wanted to be a doctor and noticed the lack of outdoor spaces for patients whilst volunteering at the Salisbury Spinal Unit. Tragically his life was cut short in 2011 at just 17, when his camp was attacked by a bear during a school expedition to Svalbard in the Arctic.

I was so proud to be a little part in supporting the development of Horatio’s Garden and am thrilled to continue raising further monies for its continuing good work by running the London Landmarks Half Marathon once again.

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