TWO friends who were both diagnosed with cancer and lost their spouses to terminal illnesses took on a gruelling challenge to support a charity. Paula Dack, 71, and Rod Beechey, 75, walked more than 52 miles and raised £1,450 for Prospect Hospice. The pals, both from Cricklade, began walking together when they formed a bubble during the first lockdown of Covid-19 pandemic. Paula said: “Before lockdown I walked half a mile or three quarters of a mile locally. During the pandemic Rod and I started walking together. At first it was just round the block and then it became a couple of miles. “We kept challenging ourselves to go further and sometimes we walked up to six miles a day. We then thought to ourselves we should do a walk for charity.”