"I have always been a regular walker and I know that it helps with the cancer, which I have in my bones and all over the place. I just do what I can to keep healthy, so I walk twice a day whether I like it or not. I've got two friends who've decided to walk Pier to Pier with me.

"I just want to be able to do my bit because I am very pro the Hospice and I might need it myself. I thought, well, if I've got cancer, I might as well use it for some benefit.

"I'm a Christian so I'm not scared of where I'm going but, as our previous vicar once said, I don't mind dying, it's the way I'm going to die I don't like.

"I don't feel scared of actually dying, I feel sad, obviously, because I don't want to go, but that's the way it is. My brother was 32 when he died of cancer. I'm 69, I'm hoping to make 70 in October.

"There are lots of people I know who will support the Hospice and I used to run the ministry for the elderly at St John's Church and the people there are supporting me as well. Nearly everybody there has had someone that's had some involvement with the Hospice, even if not family, lots of people know someone who's been involved."