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My wife Philippa was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (a Blood Cancer) on 20th April 2022 and very sadly died on 22nd April 2022 while being treated with Chemotherapy at St James’s Hospital in Leeds. Leaving three young children aged 12, 10 and 6.

We are raising funds for research into treatments of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. Currently the survival rate for the type of Blood Cancer that Philippa had is just 10%. Research can made a real difference, through the work of BloodCancerUK the survival rates for childhood Leukaemia has improved from just 10% to over 85%. We want to support the same for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.

With BloodCancerUK we will be funding a specific research project into Acute Myeloid Leukaemia. A 3 year fully funded research programme will cost £300,000.

In April 2023 to mark the first anniversary of Philippa’s death I cycled 1,600kms from Land’s End to John OGrouts in just 8 days. 200kms a day, 2000m of climbing and around 12 hours of cycling every day for 8 days in a row.

I was supported all the way by three friends on bikes (Richard Baldwin, Adam Ellis and Anthony Frazer) and Miles Foster in the support vehicle.

I also have some great friends joining for a day or two of cycling including Ken Orledge, Mark Kitzing, Yemi Adeleke, Paul Dobson and Mark Dowell.

Our fundraising continues with Marathon running from Thomas’ Headmaster, Nathan Sadler, running three Marathons in four weeks! Also Ken Orledge cycling Le Frog (top to bottom of France)! Great work team!

Our story has been captured on our Instagram page

https://www.instagram.com/team_badger_lejog/

Thank you to those that have supported us so far.

James, Isabel, Alice and Thomas