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Pontypool granddad with cancer risks his health to help others

John Eryl Parry, a 78-year-old great-grandfather from Pontypool, Torfaen, is undertaking an extraordinary coast-to-coast trek of 462 miles (743km) across the UK. Living with bladder and kidney cancer, John began his journey on 21 June from Lowestoft, Suffolk—the country’s most easterly point—and plans to finish at St David’s Head in Pembrokeshire on 11 August. The…