We are taking part in the 2025 Bath 50 Ultra Challenge on Saturday 29th March 2025.

This is a 50k walk from Bath Racecourse basecamp on a looped route around & through Bath.

It will be tough challenge but not as tough as the challenges faced by Carly, who was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2017. Here is her story:

In 2017 after suffering a seizure out-of-the-blue a series of tests and scans revealed the devastating news of a mass on her brain and in January 2018 Carly had surgery to remove a what was initially thought to be a low-grade oligodendroglioma, this has since been re classified as a Astrocytoma.

Carly recovered amazingly quickly from her surgery and in August 2021 welcomed her little girl, Ivy into the world. In August 2022 Carly went on to have a second surgery which affected her speech and movement on her right side. Again she amazed doctors with her positivity and determination to recover from this.

She then went on to have radiotherapy, followed by several months of Chemotherapy which she took in her stride.

After a year of no treatment unfortunately a recent scan has shown signs that the tumour has now progressed and she has began a new round of Chemotherapy.

Carly is an inspiration to us every day and that's why we want to raise as much money as we can for the Brain Tumour Charity. Brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer of people under the age of 40. Research offers the only real hope of dramatic improvements in the management and treatment of brain tumours. Over £700m is spent on cancer research in the UK every year, yet less than 3% is spent on brain tumours

The Brain Tumour Charity is the world's leading brain tumour charity and the largest dedicated funder of research into brain tumours globally. Committed to saving and improving lives, we're moving further, faster to help every single person affected by a brain tumour.

We're set on finding new treatments, offering the highest level of support and driving urgent change. And we're doing it right now. Because we understand that when you, or someone you love, is diagnosed with a brain tumour a cure really can't wait.