Two sisters took part in an enduring challenge of cycling 480 miles in two days to raise awareness of a disease that killed two people very, very close to them. The disease, known as 'the silent killer' claimed the lives of one sister’s husband and the other’s best friend.
Andrea’s husband, Paddy Harrower came up with the idea for the challenge just five days before dying. Doctors told Paddy he had pancreatic cancer on Easter Sunday last year (April 17 2022), and tragically died 14 weeks after his diagnosis on July 24 - his symptoms included indigestion and pain in the upper abdomen.
Wanting something positive to come out of his terminal illness, Paddy challenged his wife and sister-in-law to take on the endurance event to support local pancreatic cancer charity NIPANC. The money Andrea and sister Cathy Booth raised was in memory of Paddy and Cathy's school friend Natalie Wilson, who died aged 40.
