Walking to help fight Cancer
My name is Andrew Wakley and I am climbing 138 of the highest Welsh Mountains for two reasons – firstly in memory of my wife Wimke who died at home in Brecon on 9 April this year from metastatic breast cancer and secondly in appreciation of the wonderful medical and palliative care she received during her illness.
I miss Wimke every day and I hope that by doing this challenge I will keep myself busy and raise money and awareness along the way for the charities which supported us with such kindness and devotion. The money raised will help them continue to offer their invaluable support to others. This team page combines donations made to each of the four charities against the overall target of £10,000.
Please join me to help fight cancer
To donate - if you would like to make a donation please see the details of the charities below and links to donate at the bottom of the page.
Progress Photos - Please look on the other team pages for more photos - they're all different!
To join me for a walk
I will climb the first of the 138 mountains in the Brecon Beacons in the middle of June 2015 on my 73rd birthday with some of my family. I am aiming to climb all the mountains within a year, including walking up Pen y Fan on Wimke's birthday - 20 March 2016 - which I also hope will be the final walk. I welcome as many people as possible to join me on that day.
Some of the walks will be more strenuous than others but hopefully all will be enjoyable. If you are interested in joining me on any of the walks please email me at walkingtohelpfightcancer@outlook.com
For details of the 138 mountains I am climbing please search online for "Welsh Hewitts" and click on the wikipedia page for "Welsh Hewitts and Nuttalls"- I'm climbing all the Welsh Hewitts.
Thank you in advance for any support you can offer – it all helps!
Walking to help fight Cancer is supporting:
Macmillan Cancer Support - to help fund Macmillan Nurses across the UK. In the last months of Wimke’s life we had wonderful support from two local Macmillan nurses and their advice and guidance was a source of great comfort to us both. In Wimke's final days they helped to co-ordinate the medical teams to ensure that she received all necessary medical care while remaining at home.
St David's Hospice Care - Wimke was at home with her family during her final days, which is what she wanted. St David’s Hospice Care provided nurses to come and look after Wimke during the nights so my family and I could get some sleep. They could not have been kinder and their support was invaluable.
Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Wales - For two years Wimke had regular treatment but was also able to enjoy a good quality of life thanks to newly developed drugs. I am supporting research by both these organisations in the hope and belief that every day they will get closer to preventing or curing this terrible disease which cuts short so many wonderful lives.
