‘I was fitter than ever BUT I HAD CANCER’

After completing an epic row across the Atlantic, Felicity Ashley received a shock diagnosis that led to a new beginning

WORDS: KAREN EVENNETT.

When my brother-in-law David signed up to row from the Canaries to the Caribbean in 2019, I thought he was bonkers. ‘Why would anyone want to do that?’ I asked his wife, my younger sister Pippa. ‘“Why would anyone want to do that?” I asked’ The night he completed his challenge, in January 2020, I set my alarm for 2am to watch live as he pulled into Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua. It was spine-tinglingly exciting, and I found myself thinking, ‘If I feel like this, thousands of miles away, how awesome it must feel to be there – crossing that finishing line.’ Pippa, then 41, had flown out to Antigua to greet David – and, clearly even more inspired than me, called a week later to say, ‘I’ve got a rowing…

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Woman & Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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