Heather Broadbent, Update
It is a good job Heather Broadbent likes meeting new friends. She will soon be introduced to a group of strangers with whom she will spend almost a year sailing around the world. For the moment the identity of her fellow crew members in the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race remains a closely-guarded […]
Amelie’s Run
Eight-year-old Amelie Axford will be putting her best foot forward to get her fundraising journey off to a great start next month. Amelie will be dedicating part of her family holiday in Cumbria to tackle a short but tough and hilly two-mile run in aid of East Cheshire Hospice. The run, at Centre Parcs, was […]
Heather Broadbent’s Around the World Challenge
Landscape gardener Heather Broadbent is preparing for her ultimate adventure – sailing round the world! The mum of two is taking to the high seas as one of the crew of a 70-foot ocean racing yacht in the Clipper 2019-20 Round the World Yacht Race. Heather will travel 40,000 nautical miles on her epic 11-month voyage […]
Toni’s Hospice Journey
A bride’s wedding day is always special, but for Toni Walsh it was an even more emotional occasion. She knew her husband Tim Longden had only days left to live. The Macclesfield couple were married at East Cheshire Hospice in February 2020, weeks after Tim had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. They had been […]
Heather Broadbent Update
Sailor Heather Broadbent is refusing to give up on her round-the-world voyage despite a two-year gap at home. She was midway through the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race before it was suspended early last year because of Covid-19. The event is due to resume in the Philippines next February, although Heather admits she had […]