A race through the mud and water of the river Blackwater at Maldon in Essex for the Koala Ward at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Early in our relationship, Hollie’s son Finn, was diagnosed with focal cortical dysplasia, a focal lesion on the brain causing seizures and hallucinations requiring a brain surgery at GOSH. FCD is a drug resistant, rare type of epilepsy.

The more time I spent with Hollie the more I got to know and love Finn, in watching her deal with the diagnosis and all the pain it brung the three of them, I promised them they would never be alone, I’m now so proud to have gained another two amazing kids, and Finn is the bravest person I know.

I am raising money for the Koala ward at GOSH where we spent a week with Finn in July and where the team of neurologists will oversee his recovery post surgery.