We knew from the day of the diagnosis that he didn’t have a chance, but he never let that get to him. My dad fought a fight he knew he couldn’t win, and he fought it every single day with a smile on his face, over the last 6 months despite deteriorating. He refused to take sick time off work until the tumour was found and that’s who he was determined to not let people down or let them do his work for him, he never let me down not once, and although he may have given me stick for it gave me and my friends lifts all the time doing anything to help people in any way.

To me he was everything as a man that I aspire to be, above everything he was kind and pure of heart, he has strong morals which I’d like to think he’s engraved in me, he taught me to be honest, he taught me not to let things that didn’t seem right pass me by and so much more I know he wasn’t done shaping me into the man that I hopefully one day will become. 

My dad was a strong and fit man all throughout his life who loved all sports, in December (2021) he asked me if I wanted to go for a run with him and I put it off as I was tired from work, I told him I might make it a New Years resolution to run with him and get fitter, he didn't run in January due to the tumour and so we never got that run, meaning I only got to complete half of that new years resolution for him and although throughout my life I have always been keen to prove to him that I wasn't always this lazy kid and although it is stupid I'm left with regret from putting things off.
I’m lucky in that I had such a good relationship with my dad and we never were on bad terms. 
Dad died on July 16th, and on the 15th the last thing he ever did was watch Natasha's graduation ceremony, showing how he fought his cancer on his terms and just how much his family meant to him and after watching her graduation knew he could rest.

He was a good man with strong morals and is the type of man I aspire to be. He really was the greatest dad and he truly was my best friend. I’ll love you for as long as I live dad and I’ll miss you for just as long as I love you and I’ll hold what you stood for and believed in so close.
The man who more than anything deserved more time.

This year, on June 11th, I will be joined by my good friends James Philpot and Alfie Lee as well as my cousin Rebecca

We are doing this to honour my dads memory and continue his fight against Brain Cancer which remains unbeatable, with only 3% of cases being preventable and brain cancer being the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40. We hope to have even the slightest impact on these figures as that would save many lives.