UPDATE - Aside from the final fairly minor kayak stage, I am delighted to say that made it round the course.  Thank you to everyone who has already donated.

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Saturday 14 September sees the second (and I promise final) leg of my 2013 fundraising challenge.  After the warm up of riding 100 miles across London I am upping the ante quite considerably, and going for something frankly ridiculous.

 

Along with Stuart Secker and David White, I will be attempting to cross Scotland from the East (Inverness) to West (Ben Nevis) coast running 22 miles, cycling 81 miles and kayaking 2 miles – with a total ascent of over 4,700m.  Some people do this over a whole weekend – we are stupidly trying to do it in one day.  More info on the course can be found here www.scotlandcoasttocoast.com

 

David and Stuart convinced me to join them on this challenge.  I am currently not entirely convinced I will make it to the final stage before the cut off time.  Your support will help me get there and hopefully complete the course in less than 14 hours.

 

Once again I am raising money for the Katie Compson foundation for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.

 

Three years ago Katie was diagnosed with cervical cancer, and fought for 18 months with an epic sense of humour to try and beat the disease. The Royal Marsden Hospital was with her every step of the way and had her on various treatments including surgery, radio and chemotherapy, as well as two different trial drugs. The care that she received at the hospital was second to none and they battled tirelessly to rid her of the disease. Unfortunately the cancer was too aggressive for her body and she died aged just 33 in November 2011.

Whilst going through treatment, Katie was adamant that she wanted to raise money for the Royal Marsden – and if she couldn’t then her family and friends should. She found their care, love and support unquestionable. Therefore her family have set up the Katie Compson Foundation, a separate identifiable fund within The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity aiming to raise money to support the research into curing this horrendous disease, as well as aiming to improve the management of pain for cancer patients worldwide.

Please donate - thank you.