IT WAS a moment Covid survivor Leighton Webster could only have dreamt of last year – standing atop Snowdon with his eldest daughter Chloe.
Leighton managed to make it to the summit of Wales’s highest mountain for Primrose Hospice accompanied by some of the NHS staff who nursed him back to full health.
The 43-year-old, from Redditch, took on the fundraising challenge as a thank you to the hospice who supported Chloe and wife Emma after his family were told to ‘expect the worst’.
Despite the tough challenge, inspiring him to reach the summit was the thought that last year he had only been given a 10 per cent chance of survival.
“The whole experience was unbelievable from beginning to end. I look back at pictures from where I was last year and it just spurred me on,” he said.
“I got to three hours of climbing and thought I can’t do this then I thought back to when I was in hospital last year when I couldn’t even walk and thought, ‘I can do this’.
“We laughed and we sang on our way up to keep our spirits high while also remembering the times when things looked quite bleak, it was very emotional at times.
“When we reached the top it was amazing, however I think the biggest mountain to climb in life is life itself.”
Leighton, who is also father to Skye and Noah, decided to fundraise for Primrose Hospice after hearing how the Family Support team had helped his family while he was in a coma.
“I’m really pleased to do something to give back to all the people who have helped me get back to where I am now,” said Leighton.
“Me and Chloe stuck together all the way, she has already asked can we do something like this again.”
It costs £1.75m to run Primrose Hospice annually and the majority of this money has to be raised independently by the hospice.
To give to Leighton’s fund, visit visit https://justgiving.com/fundraising/leighton-bluewarrior.
Tickets are now on sale for Primrose Hospice’s Big Summer Stroll in the grounds of Hanbury Hall on Saturday, July 3. To buy tickets, visit https://primrosehospice.org/events/summerstroll.
