My beloved best friend, Soph, aged 28, died suddenly and tragically in 2019
Sarah’s beloved best friend, Soph, died suddenly and tragically in 2019 aged just 28. To honour her memory and take part in something way beyond her comfort zone, she signed up to the Royal Parks Half Marathon in April 2021, the Edinburgh Half in May 2021 and is rounding the year off with the Amsterdam […]
Chris’s gruelling Ride Across Britain
In March 2014, Chris Tweedy’s wife, Nicky, had a routine day case varicose vein operation. Less than 36 hours later she sadly died of a pulmonary embolism when a blood clot formed at the operation site and travelled through her heart to her lungs. On 7th September 2019, in tribute to Nicky, Chris started the Deloitte […]
London to Brighton Cycle Ride 2019 – Blood Clot Awareness
Tony and Louise’s journey started in 2002, when Louise started developing DVTs. She had a total of 4 between 2002 and 2017 resulting in her being on life-long anticoagulation and left with severe damage to her veins. In 2017, following a straightforward diagnostic procedure, Louise developed a further clot (diagnosed by Bella, their dog!). This […]
Mark’s 50km Swimming Challenge 2019
Dear Supporter, Please help me raise funds for Thrombosis UK by sponsoring my 50km swimming challenge. It is just £3 per donation. Following a pulmonary embolism (blood clot on the lung) in 2016, I took up swimming to help me recover physically and mentally. This year’s challenge is Part 2 of an ambitious three-year swimming project: Last […]
Neil and Jess have set a challenge in memory of Jess’s dad, Pat
Neil and I have set a challenge in memory of my dad, Pat Loaring, who died in January 2017. Neil is cycling from dad’s house in Kingstone, Staffordshire to Lizard Point in Cornwall in the first week of May 2019. All in all it’s a route of about 400 miles. Dad was born in Somerset […]
Charlotte’s climb – Mount Snowden
In July 2019, I am participating in a group climb of Mount Snowdon with my school. I am so grateful to have been given this opportunity and am so excited about using it as an excuse to promote awareness and raise money for Thrombosis UK! After my diagnosis of multiple bilateral pulmonary embolisms in 2017 […]
Team Shipley Walk 2019
The total raised by Team Shipley since 2012 for Thrombosis UK is £23,376.14p On Friday 25th October 2019 Martin and Maureen Shipley completed their epic walk around the coast of the British Isles where it had begun at Robin Hood’s Bay on Valentine’s Day, 14th February all done in memory of Dawn, their daughter, who tragically died […]
Hollie’s Olympic Triathlon
I appreciate anyone taking the time out of their busy day to have a read through what I’m doing and why. At the beginning of June 2018 myself and my friends received some devastating and heart breaking news. My close friend Jo had suddenly and tragically Passed away. She had suffered a pulmonary embolism, due […]
Let the Games Begin
If you’ve been reading my recent blog’s and social media posts, you will have seen that I have tried to up my general activity to avoid what can be a very sedentary lifestyle – see my blog on Urban Tales of the Desk Jockey. Did you know that the typical working adult spends more time sitting […]
“Uh-oh. Sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays.” – Urban Tales of the Desk Jockey
Like many people, I have a desk based job. Thankfully I enjoy what I do, but that actually might be to my detriment. You see, because I like what I do, I put in the effort, I sit sedentary behind a desk, immersed in whatever creative or computational issue that has befallen me for long […]
