Kathy Weir: Taking to the road to keep Doddie's legacy alive

"It's taken a while, but it feels like I'm in a good place", Kathy Weir says. When her rugby legend husband Doddie died in 2022 from motor neurone disease (MND) she felt the loss was "very public" due to the illness, his high profile from rugby and his fundraising. But she now feels ready to "step up and do her bit" for the charity he created, and which continues to search for a cure. Kathy, 55, has been training for a 750-mile endurance bike ride. Over four days, hundreds of people will cycle from the Scottish Borders through England, Wales and Ireland, raising money for the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation. Well-known sporting figures including former Scotland captain Rob Wainright, world-record breaking cyclist Mark Beaumont, and former British and Irish Lions centre Gordon D'Arcy are taking part in this year's challenge. And Kathy will be alongside them as part of an all-female relay team. Kathy said: "It was very public for us, the whole thing. After he died it's easy to say you are fine when you are not quite as fine. "So it's taken a while and I do think I'm in a good place at last." Ahead of the cycle, Kathy has been preparing at the family farm in the Scottish Borders with sons