On 2 March 2022 my mother died peacefully after a difficult few months. The support that she and our family received from St Richard's made those final weeks easier for all of us. I have always loved walking and this seemed the perfect way to remember my mother and reconnect with walking.

When I saw that St Richard's were doing a 20 mile walk along part of the Cotswold Way it seemed a fitting tribute to my mother. Not only was she a huge supporter to the Hospice - raising many thousands of pounds with lunches and garden visits over the years - but the walk is days after her birthday and weeks before my 60th.