07-07-2025
Banstead man cycles length of Britain in memory of his late wife
A man who lost his wife to septic shock has completed a charity cycle ride the length of Channevy Walsh, from Banstead, Surrey, was part of a team which rode from Land's End to John O'Groats, completing the 994-mile (1,600km) journey on nine-day ride has so far raised over £35,000 for the UK Sepsis Trust and Versus wife Anne, who was 48, died in September 2024 when she developed the condition after surgery.
She also lived with arthritis, and helped the charity Versus Arthritis by reviewing research a condition in which the immune system reacts so violently to an infection it begins to damage its own body, is thought to be responsible for the deaths of five people an hour in the UK.
