Mike Kelly is training for his 12th marathon while raising funds for Worldwide Cancer Research. Mike, 51, lost his younger sister Claire to breast cancer in 2016. The mum of two, who was 44 at the time, had battled the disease for several years. Speaking of what his family went through at the time, Mike said: “When I first got the news about my sister Claire’s cancer in 2011 I was living in Budapest. She was diagnosed with breast cancer, which over time spread to her lymph nodes and spine. “Over the next few years Claire’s condition worsened and in 2015 I moved back to the UK with my family to be close to her and my mum.
Sunday 11 April 2021
The UK’s long-distance trails are a diverse bunch of characters – some snaking along beside rivers, others skirting Atlantic shores, one or two striding heroically across the glens of Scotland, a few pottering sedately through the downland of southern England. Wherever you may be hiking, there is no sight more welcome than a country pub at the end of a day on the trail: a place in which to unlace your boots, refill your stomach and feel the redemption of a warm shower and a soft bed. The following walking holidays offer ways to combine a hefty march with some of the country’s best hotels, pubs and restaurants with rooms – just remember to pack a clean set of clothes for dinner.
Clubs excited by prospect of racing at royal regatta );
Henley Royal Regatta
ROWING clubs have told of their relief that Henley Royal Regatta is set to take place this summer and stay in the town.
Organisers confirmed on Monday that the annual event will be held in the week commencing August 9, subject to coronavirus restrictions.
The regatta had been postponed from July in a bid to avoid a second cancellation in as many years due to the pandemic.
Plans to hold it with limited or even no spectators or to move it to Dorney Lake in Buckinghamshire, where the 2012 Olympic regatta was held, were also considered.
Regatta to go ahead in August. in Henley );
HENLEY Royal Regatta will go ahead this summer, subject to coronavirus restrictions.
Organisers announced on Monday that they are planning to stage the event in the week of Monday, August 9.
They have been given confidence by the success of the vaccine rollout and the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown.
The six-day event had already been postponed from July in a bid to avoid a second cancellation in as many years due to covid-19.
Other options were considered, including moving it to Dorney Lake, where the 2012 Olympic regatta was held, and members were asked their opinions.