Anyone who read my previous blog entitled ‘The C Word‘ may remember I wrote about the father of one of my friends. David was a man who was diagnosed with cancer but rather than give up, he battled, formed a charity, underwent countless treatments as well as volunteering for tests of potential new treatments.
It’s with great sadness that I must note he passed away a few days ago, his hard fight with that evil disease finally over.
If you read that, you should read this too. Indeed, anyone should read this – well, not my words, which are ultimately fairly flaccid and redundant, but they should click through and read this, his final blog entry, and this, a tribute from his similarly amazing son, Martin.
To me he remains an inspiration, a hero and somebody I greatly admire – which is rather good going for somebody I never had the pleasure of meeting. Next year a friend and I have pledged to take to a Windsurfer in his honour, which should prove entertaining as neither of us have any experience of such things!
If David’s fight and inspirational attitude moves you as much as me, then please donate a few pounds in his memory to W4CR. You can do so by clicking here.
Rest in peace, David.
Alan Fisher 
Those blog posts are incredible, emotional and humbling.