Great-grandad with cancer risks his health to help others on 460-mile journey
John Eryl Parry, 78, from Pontypool, Torfaen, began his coast-to-coast journey at the UK's most easterly point in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 21 June, and is due to reach St David's Head in Pembrokeshire on 11 August.He was diagnosed with cancer after he fell off a ladder and was taken to hospital. I've got a few aches and pains, but if I sit in a chair for too long at my age I get aches and pains," he said. "I know I've got cancer, and I know I'm on treatment for cancer... but I don't consider it a burden.
- ▪John Eryl Parry, 78, from Pontypool, Torfaen, began his coast-to-coast journey at the UK's most easterly point in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 21 June, and is due to reach St David's Head in Pembrokeshire on 11 August.He was diagnosed with cancer
- ▪I've got a few aches and pains, but if I sit in a chair for too long at my age I get aches and pains," he said.
- ▪"I know I've got cancer, and I know I'm on treatment for cancer... but I don't consider it a burden.
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Great-grandad with cancer risks his health to help others on 460-mile journeyImage caption, John Eryl Parry is walking over 460 miles to fundraise for four charities supporting people living with cancerByCaitlin ParrBBC WalesPublished10 August 2026Updated 26 minutes agoA great-grandfather with bladder and kidney cancer is walking 462 miles (743km) for charity, despite knowing it could impact his own treatment. John Eryl Parry, 78, from Pontypool, Torfaen, began his coast-to-coast journey at the UK's most easterly point in Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 21 June, and is due to reach St David's Head in Pembrokeshire on 11 August.He was diagnosed with cancer after he fell off a ladder and was taken to hospital.
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