Loving dad from Newcastle cycles ‘a journey of a lifetime’

Michael Winter, 29, and two friends, Daniel Corkhill and Callum McCombe, cycled 130 miles from West Cumberland Hospital to Freeman Hospital in Newcastle last month in memory of Michael’s daughter Hope, who tragically died at just six months old.

This summer marks the two year anniversary since Hope passed away and Dad Michael wants to remember his daughter by giving back to the two charities which supported him when she was in hospital – The Sick Children’s Trust and The Children’s Heart Unit Fund.

Hope was diagnosed with a serious heart defect – hypoplastic left heart syndrome – at her 20 week scan, which meant the left side of her heart hadn’t developed properly. Shortly after Hope was born at The Royal Victoria Infirmary, she was transferred to Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital for specialist treatment. During this time, Dad Michael and Mum Lisa were supported at Scott House, free ‘Home from Home’ accommodation run by The Sick Children’s Trust.