Baby Goat Steps

A Blog of our best Hikes, cancer fundraising.

pubs and cafes.

We have created a new fundraising page today so all donations go into one place in the future.

Any Donation, however small could be the gift of life to someone.

If you are able please donate

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The challenge is now complete, so a massive shout out to Claire for her skipping skills , and hats off to John for his unwavering support, I’m in awe of you both.

The total raised was a staggering £1481.25

Next Challenge coming in October!

100 skips a day challenge with a twist.

For a donation we will skip in a location of your choosing no matter how embarrassing, or skip whilst performing a challenge.  Over to you so long as its safe!!!

We have so much planned for the next 12 months from raffles, skipping challenges and party days we hope there is a bit of something for everyone to enjoy.

The support from everyone was amazing and humbling whilst we tackled the 32 Peak challenge, with everyone’s support we raised £6851.00

We laughed, we cried, we lost toe nails but nothing can compare to the support and generosity of everyone who donated money for Cancer Research UK during these incredibly tough times.

Even if you couldn’t manage to make a donation I still personally want to thank every single person who liked, shared or supported us on or journey.

and finally;

Cancer, we can and will beat you. You will not stop us!

Our Story

The Day Everything Changed

18th May 2020 The Day our world changed forever!

After a minor DIY accident that required an x-ray it was found by accident that I had a cancerous tumour on one of my kidneys that was the size of a cauliflower, this was a total shock as I had no symptoms at all.

It was all very surreal at first as Covid 19 had just hit, the whole country was in lockdown and no one was allowed to be with me as the news was broke, my wife was sat at home expecting me back home with news of a cracked rib.

I was taken to a side room in the hospital, you know the one with the chair and the flowers that no one ever wants to go in, here I was told that the cancer had already spread from the kidney to my lungs, and the pleural sac, the bag containing the lungs and possibly my bones and in the most matter of fact way I was told the outlook was not good and I would require immediate surgery to remove the kidney.

I was I suppose numb, or shell shocked as my 1st response to this was, should I cancel my holiday next year then and save a few quid! I guess sometimes all you are left with is dark humour to protect yourself from the next storm of thoughts which I can only describe as blind brain panic where it is impossible to focus on a single thought for more than a Nano second.

I’m 47 years old, I have a family, I’m one of the good guys. Why me?

My immediate over riding thought was how can I tell my wife that all the plans, life and future we had planned were no longer going to happen!

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Total so far £13,453.50

Why?

“A wise man plants a tree whose shade he knows he will never sit under”.

This is the most important part and the driving force for us and one of the main reasons for the blog

We started fundraising for Cancer research Uk at the beginning of 2022 as a way of contributing to repaying the debt of life we owe to these amazing people. Not just for us and our family but for the millions who have been given the gift of time. Our contributions will only ever be a drop in the ocean of what is required but if we all do our bit we can beat this terrible disease.

We have got our little family team together to raise as much as we can this consists of what we call the usual suspects, that is myself, Steve, my wife Claire, her father John, sister Louise and her husband Mikey, we are the hikers of the bunch and are responsible for all the walks featured.

Our whole wider family has contributed and put in so much time and effort from skydiving to skipping to pretty mudder races, and the list goes on, I am so very proud and grateful for every ounce of fight they have all shown and we will not rest, and i will not rest until one day we can say we beat this.

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pretty mudder

Tolkien trail