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It was TB testing time at Stanley Bank Farm in Kimbolton, last April, when we brought the herd in for the results. The cows had been through the ‘race’ three days previously and now the whole tricky procedure had to be repeated to check the results. A stressful time, for people and animals.

After a long wet winter indoors, the Limousin bull was being particularly stubborn.

Pete tried to coax the bull forward for the vet to see the results of the TB test on him, but he turned and rammed him against the gate. Matt, our son, leapt the gate and drove the bull away, helping him to safety”.

After a 999 call the Midlands Air Ambulance landed at the farm some 25 minutes later and Pete was whisked off to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He had suffered seven broken ribs and multiple fractures of his pelvis and within 24 hours he was in theatre.

“You never think you are going to need the service of the Air Ambulance and that it will be landing at your farm.” “We can’t thank them enough.”

Three months later, shocked but resilient, Pete is on the way to recovery and I am raising money for the Midlands Air Ambulance, which doesn’t receive any Government or Lottery funding.

“I have decided to do a challenge in September,” by cycling 600 miles on my Peloton. That’s 100 miles for each decade of Pete’s life. We are so grateful. In those circumstances, speed is everything”.

ANNA AND ARTHUR

Astonishingly, another local family, also called the Midlands Air Ambulance this spring in a different, but equally terrifying accident.

Anna who lives at Upper Bache said;

“We were in the garden of a friend’s house where, unbeknown to us, there was a ‘spent’ bonfire. Our 13 month old toddler, Arthur, wandered over and fell into the remains of the fire, which were still burning underneath”.

He suffered severe burns to his hands, legs and feet.

“The Midlands Air Ambulance came quickly and Arthur was flown to Birmingham Children’s Hospital where he had immediate surgery. He is still being treated with skin grafts but, although it had seemed initially that he could lose his right hand, he may well recover with all but two and a half fingers”.

Anna said; "We too never thought that we would need the Midlands Air Ambulance, but we are incredibly grateful that they were able to help save Arthur’s hand.

They are clearly an essential service in our rural area, and they only exist as a result of generous donations. We would encourage everyone who can to support Jackie's fundraising.”

If you would like to sponsor me and help raise essential funds for the Midlands Air Ambulance, get active yourself, or run your own fund raising event, that would be amazing. Thank you everyone, together we can make a difference.