Press release - 17th December 2008
Brave Tom completes his walk
Tom BuckleyCANCER sufferer Tom Buckley is celebrating today after completing his gruelling 180-mile charity walk - to help other Christie patients.
When the 23-year-old set off he was not sure he would even be able to finish - but after battling through blizzards, snow drifts, freezing temperatures and pouring rain for 18 days he has reached the finish and netted £50,000 for Manchester's world leading cancer hospital, Christie.
Tom, who has been given less than a year to live, hoped to collect just a few hundred pounds when he decided to take on the Coast-to-Coast challenge.
To read Tom's full story in the Manchester Evening News click here
To sponsor Tom and visit his Justgiving page click here
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The Christie in Manchester is one of the leading cancer centres in Europe - registering around 12,500 new patients and treating about 40,000 patients every year.
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