A man is taking on a gruelling 300-mile run later this month carrying a teddy bear the entire way – and it's for a very poignant reason. Gareth Jones is hoping to run 300 miles from Conwy along the Cambrian Way to Cardiff in memory of three-year-old Harri Stickler who died following a battle with cancer.
Gareth, 32, is taking on the challenge to raise money for Latch, a Welsh children's cancer charity which is based in Cardiff. He was inspired to fundraise for the charity after Harri's tragic death earlier this year. Harri, from Aberdare, was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was just six months old.
Harri was born eight weeks premature and was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of cancer when he was six months old. He was given just a 20-30% chance of survival by his doctors. He had previously gone through chemotherapy and received a bone marrow transplant.
