Dear Tish and Graham

In April 2008, during my two week holiday from my teaching job, I flew out to The Gambia, West Africa, with four others. We went to see the school which we had been raising funds for and to meet the Headteacher and his pupils. During that fateful week I caught a virus which led to my contracting Vasculitis. In March 2009 I was rushed to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. It was during my stay in hospital that I decided to write this book. The book was inspired initially by a letter I received in hospital from my neighbours, Tish and Graham Farrell, hence the title.