Cancer suvivor 'turns full circle' with Olympic Torch relay

Jul 24 2012 By Jenny Gray

CANCER survivor Steve Darke is due to carry the Olympic torch shortly after 2pm today between Lake Farm and Dawley Parade, Hayes.

Mr Darke, 52, was cut out a car after a serious accident in Dawley Parade in 1997.

He said: “Of all the places they could have chosen for me to carry it, I end up there.

“It’s a road I usually try to avoid, so in a way I’m glad I’m going back there to do this.

“It’s like I’ve come full circle.”

Mr Darke, from Harefield, was nominated after writing a book following a battle with oesophageal cancer.

He is among dozens of people in the borough who will carry the torch aloft today, as well as music producer Mark Ronson, singer songwriter Katy B and cricket legend Michael Vaughan. 

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