Man's 60-mile mission to give something back after wife's cancer treatment
A MAN has set himself a major challenge of walking 60 miles from Maltby to Cleethorpes in one go – despite having rheumatoid arthritis.
But plucky Dean Bunting will be driven on in his endeavour by aiming to say thank you to a charity which has supported his wife Lynn during recent cancer treatment.
And he also wants to help children undergoing cancer therapies through his mammoth challenge.
Dean will be setting off on Friday, July 17, at about 10am from his supportive employer D C Interiors and expects his walk – alongside colleague Tom Hobson – to take around 22 hours.
The money raised will go to Firefly – which offered free transportation for Lynn to Weston Park Hospital during her recent treatment – and to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice.
“I have been preparing for this by building up my steps,” said Dean.
“I am up to 120,000 a week at the moment.
“My wife has just gone through cancer treatment and I just need to give something back.
“The support I’ve had has been amazing. My work colleagues are backing me all the way.”
Dean has even had support from other businesses. Indeed, one – M J Hughes – will be supplying a welfare van for the event.
And the National Union church where Dean is a warden has backed him.
Even customers have chipped in.
“It’s going to be long haul,” admitted Dean.
“I have rheumatoid arthritis but I’m determined that nothing will stop me.
“I’m already thinking what I can do next time.”
Dean said that he doesn’t even mind if his walk takes place in the sort of hot weather that we have had in recent times.
“I don’t mind as I’m acclimatised to it through my work,” he said.
Anyone wanting to support Dean can do so via his GoFundMe page at https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-give-something-back-js3xa.
The walk will start outside D C Interiors on Rotherham Road, Maltby, and end at Cleethorpes Promenade.