FRIENDS of a popular Aberystwyth dad recovering from a serious head injury are to run 90 miles overnight to help his recovery.

Starting at Nantgarw, Rhondda Cynon Taf, at 8pm on Friday, 23 June, and ending in Aberystwyth around lunchtime the next day, friends of Daemon Smith, 40, who fractured his skull and was left in a coma after a fall down stairs on New Year’s Eve, will run to raise money for him and his eight-year-old daughter Felicity.

Daemon, a member of staff at Cambrian Printers, is recovering in the neuro-rehabilitation unit at Neath Port Talbot Hospital.

Speaking to the Cambrian News, Neil Adams, a friend of Daemon’s from Nantgarw and organiser of the run, which is called ‘Dee’s Relay’, said he was moved to raise money after hearing what had happened to Daemon.

“I just heard about what happened to Daemon, and because he is a mate and it was such a horrible thing to happen to such a nice guy, I thought ‘how can I do something that’s out there?’,” he said. “I played football with Daemon for Penparcau and Penrhyncoch, but I am more close with his brother.”

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