The Highland Hospice has provided the most amazing care and support to my family and friends in difficult times, and looked after both my dear friend Mel and my dad during their final days over the last few years.

As a small way of saying thank-you to wonderful, dedicated Hospice team, I took on the challenge to raise funds by getting out of my comfort zone, and training for a series of running events. Starting with Couch to 5k, moving to the Loch Lomond 10k in June 2023, the Great Scottish Run that October, the Inverness Half Marathon in March 2024 and six weeks later the London Marathon. I'm so grateful to everyone who has already shown their support and solidarity by donating well over £2000.

After all those of training runs and treadmills at all kinds of strange hours in all kinds of weather, cutting out lots of favourites and treats from my diet, and definitely getting way outside of my usual comfort zone, I couldn't just head back to the couch. So the running continues, and the challenges keep coming... next up, a third Inverness Half, in March 2026.

Please chip in if you can...

(the cover photo shows the rainbow over Inverness viewed from the hospice the morning after Mel passed away.)