Last year at a dinner with friends we were talking about how their lives had been touched by blood cancer - one had lost a brother after a bone marrow transplant and one had beaten it and gone on to adopt 3 children and transform their lives.  This, combined with the tragic loss of my husbands 9 year old cousin, led to us pledging to do something to contribute towards the treatment for blood cancers and I filled out the entry form for my husband to do the Tour 21 - all stages of the Tour de France for Cure Leukaemia.  

He will be taking on that challenge in June and in the meantime I am going to do my bit to raise money for this incredible cause.  To put it into perspective I have never cycled 140miles in 1 day - never mind every day for 7 and, after 5 children, suffer with back and hip pain.  But I want to raise as much money as possible so it has to be a challenge that hurts!  

I would really appreciate any donations and support and if anyone would like to come and do a stage with me please do!!

Cure Leukaemia helps blood cancer patients to access pioneering drug and transplant treatments by funding a network of specialist research nurses across the UK. Without these nurses, to ensure patients are monitored and cared for, clinical trials of these new treatments would not run and patients, that have exhausted standard treatment options, would miss out on potentially lifesaving therapies. Every penny raised for Cure Leukaemia helps save lives and also hastens global progress towards the eradication of all forms of blood cancer.