A man has turned his van into a tribute and an awareness campaign in memory of his late wife.
Ady Mayers, a 53-year-old driving instructor from Pontypool, lost his wife Sarah in November 2025 to synovial sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer that develops in the body's soft tissues.
The couple first noticed something was wrong in late 2023, when Sarah began experiencing pins and needles on her left side and shoulder.
She was told by her GP that the symptoms were a side effect of the morphine she was taking for back pain.
Mr Mayers said: "If she’d had a scan earlier, things might have been different."
After months of worsening symptoms, including breathing difficulties and persistent pain, Sarah was finally referred for an X-ray in July 2024.
By then, doctors discovered a 12-15cm tumour in her diaphragm, attached to the chest wall at the bottom of her lung.
She was told her condition was incurable, and she died in November 2025 at the age of 53.
In her memory, Mr Mayers has covered his van in facts and information about sarcoma to raise awareness of the disease.
He said: "I'm doing what I can to honour her and spread awareness and maybe help someone where she was failed.
"Sarah was misdiagnosed for months until it was too late for her to have a chance at survival."
During her final months, the couple travelled together in the van, ticking off items from Sarah’s bucket list, including BMW racing at Castle Combe Circuit, visiting Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm, and taking a helicopter ride.
Mr Mayers continues to travel the country sharing Sarah’s story and encouraging people to learn more about sarcoma.
He also climbs mountains in her memory, taking a shirt with her picture to each summit.
He has completed five of his 10 planned climbs for the year.
Emily Williams, research manager at Sarcoma UK, said: "Sarah's story is heartbreakingly familiar to us.
"Ady's determination to keep telling Sarah's story, mile after mile and mountain after mountain, is exactly the kind of awareness we need."
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