Gemma Burnell

Walk 100K in March 2025

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180
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My target 100 kms

I’m walking 100K in March for families facing baby loss

I’ve committed to walking 100K in March for every much-loved baby sadly not here today.

Sands ensure that everyone affected by the loss of a baby gets the support they need and deserve when facing the toughest of times. They campaign for change, provide training for midwives and healthcare professionals, and support research so that fewer babies die and so that less families experience the tragedy of losing their baby. Anything you are able to donate means so much.

Thank you.

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My Updates

The most brutal 'Goodbye'

Saturday 22nd Mar


happened to us, and there was nothing good about it.

My heart was broken beyond any repair, dreams were shattered. 
As each day goes bye, I patch it up with the love you left here. 

I dreamed of you wriggling your toes in sand. So maybe, 'Adios', feels right. 
It means 'I entrust you to God. 
We didn't get to go to Spain, 
or any more of the beautiful places I imagined.

I pictured you Eating croissants, so 'Au Revoir',
'Until we meet again'.

We might have rode a camel in the desert, where they would say, 'Fi Amanda Allah', 'In God's protection'. 

Most of all, I like, 'Amituofo'...'Immeasurable light'. It's everything you are and always will be, and I needed the strength of a Shaolin Monk, to simply survive. 

These words feel better, somehow, than good bye. 


Thank you to my Sponsors

£27.05

Jodie Magee

£27.05

Greg Coleman

£27.05

Philip Burnell

£27.05

Sara Gibbons

£27.05

Olivia Walker

So proud of you💗keep going you’re making us all so proud💗

£26.50

Lesley Thorne

£25

Anonymous

£21.20

Maureen Brough

Good luck, Gemma. Great cause. Thinking of you. Love from Maureen and Gordon. xxx 🥰

£21.20

Lauren Branston

You amaze me every day my girl x

£21.20

Chloe Ogden

£21.20

Victoria Thornton

Good luck Gemma sending love to you all ✨💖🧡

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Tess Kennedy

Proud of you always Gem xx

£15.90

Stef Smith

Strong brave girl all my love always xxxx

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Katherine Evans

Such a worthy cause xx

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Carl Bonney

£10

Robyn

I’m so so proud of you, always.

£10

Georgina Steinsson

💜

£5.30

Hannah

❤️

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Shelley Davies

Well done Gem - thinking of you and your beautiful girl. 💖💖

£5

Olivia Smith

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