Our beloved lifelong friend Tom O’Hare was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma in July 2021, and left this world on the 9th September 2022.

Having been cared for with love by his family and friends (Tom’s Team), he was then cared for with compassion and great dignity at St Ann’s Hospice.

To raise money for this wonderful charity, Roger, Pete and I have finally got our act together to trek across a section of the Pyrenees, reviving a half-baked notion Tom and I once had to arrive on foot and rendezvous with the Shrewsbury diocese pilgrimage to Lourdes. In our youth we all spent many happy times together in Lourdes as volunteer helpers.

Our hike involves five days and around 45 miles of trekking Westwards through the Pyrenees on the GR78, a trip that Tom would have loved, before we meet up with the Shrewsbury pilgrimage.

Thank you for reading this short description and if you can, please donate a little to this outstanding charity, to support the care they provide.

Your amazing support enables St Ann’s Hospice to provide care to people and their families living with a life-limiting illness in the Greater Manchester community. We provide a range of free services to patients, carers and their loved ones from three sites as well supporting patients in their own homes. Join Team St. Ann’s today to ensure we’re always there – wherever and whenever we’re needed.