On May 11th 2011 my sister died from cervical cancer.

Torie spent the last five months of her life in the Marie Curie Hospice, Hampstead under the loving care of its incredible team of nurses, doctors, support staff and volunteers. It is a remarkable, truly inspiring place that provides the most extraordinary end of life care to patients.

The Hospice is wholly dependent on charitable donations and fund raising. The cost of caring for each in-patient is more than £600 per day. In 2011, the year Torie died, it cared for more than 800 patients at a cost of over £5 million. 

May 11 2021 will be 10 years since Torie died and to mark this date I will be running from Land’s End to the Lizard point and back on the same day. This is a distance of more than 100 kilometres (60 miles); the equivalent of 2 and a half marathons. 

It will undoubtedly be the most physically, mentally draining challenge I have ever attempted but I am determined to complete it in Torie’s memory.

There are many good causes out there but for me, my family but most importantly the many future patients who will need its care, Marie Curie will always be close to our hearts.

My target is to raise £13,000 which is the approximate cost of running the entire hospice for just ONE day.  

I thank you in advance for your generous support