Over the course of the summer I will be striding merrily along the length of Hadrian's Wall. As a result of the demands of time this will happen in 10 stages walked over 5 days, 1 per month.

We all have charities which are close to our hearts and many many requests for our help from a myriad of great causes.

I hope you can spare a little to help my joint fundraising efforts for SANDS and also The Stroke Association. A donation to one or the other would be so gratefully received, but even more so if you could share your support between both.

Our baby would now be 35 years old. We lost her at birth and just know that she would have grown to be the most beautiful person we could have hoped to have in our lives. support was quite thin on the ground at that time but we are so grateful that we were pointed in the direction of SANDS.

At a time of great distress, having the type of support which they can offer has no price.

Your donation will really help someone in their darkest hour.

Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, operates across the UK: supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby; working in partnership with health professionals to ensure that bereaved parents and families receive the best possible care; and promoting improvements in practice and funding research that could help to reduce the loss of babies’ lives.

We depend on the amazing energies of our supporters to raise the vital funds that we need to deliver the wide range of services that we offer. #TeamSands