Walk for William

In the year 2000 my brother William died from cancer. He was 61. He was a child prodigy, learning the classical guitar from a very early age, playing in his first public concert at the age of 12. In the 1960's he was acknowledged to be among the top five classical guitarrists in the world. After touring extensively world wide for a number of years, he elected to return to Gibraltar and spend the rest of his life there. He was passionate about music and made it his life's ambition to engender a love of music among young people. On 31st December 1990 he was awarded an MBE for his services to music and the community.


THE CHALLENGE

I am aiming to walk the length of the River Thames from its source at Thames Head to the Thames Barrier in London, some 213 miles, over a period of two weeks. It will mean walking around 15 miles a day - not quite a Royal marines "Yomp" but quite tough enough for me! I am 62. All funds raised in the UK will go to support Marie Curie Cancer Care.
I intend to start on Saturday 25th August and hope to finish, all being well, on 7th September, my brother William's birthday. Contact me at look4gomez@gmail.com (or leave a post here) if you would like to join me on the walk, even for a very short while!


GIBRALTAR

Friends from Gibraltar may like to know that fundraising for the "Walking the Thames Path for William" is taking place in Gibraltar as well. The target in Gib is £10,000 and proceeds there will go towards a local charity "RICC" - Research into Childhood Cancer - which was set up in 1989 following the death of a young friend, Philip Sacarello, aged 9, whose birthday was coincidentally also the 7th of September. All funds received by RICC go to The Institute of Child Health at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Science section). Senior adviser at RICC is Dr Anthony Michalski. RICC is a registered charity No. 49 in Gibraltar. If you wish to support RICC, please contact me.

Wish me luck!