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Mar 2023
A Harrogate plasterer is set to skateboard to his former home in Barry Island to raise money to help his mother.
Daniel Katchi's mum, who is 50, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease last October after experiencing speech problems and loss of mobility in her arm.
Her son hopes to raise money to fund a speech machine controlled by eye movement and a stair lift for his parents' home in Barry Island, near Cardiff.
Daniel, 32, moved to Harrogate from Barry Island three years ago and plans to complete the 300-mile route with a fellow skateboarder who lost his mother to motor neurone disease.
As a young boy, Daniel was gifted a skateboard by his neighbour in South Wales and fell in love with the sport immediately. He has represented the UK nationally and internationally in skateboarding.
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