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The Testicle Tour was created by best mates Darren Couchman and Richard Miller. Our aim is to raise awareness of testicular cancer in a funny, light hearted way.

Testicular cancer is often seen as an embarrassing illness because of what it affects. We want to break down this barrier using humour. Darren used lots of humour in his fight against testicular cancer and now he wants to bring this humour to the people of England. We will literally be "talking balls around England."

"The Testicle Tour aims to raise the profile of testicular cancer by using humour. Testicular cancer is often seen as a taboo subject, however Darren and Richard want to break down this barrier by injecting a bit of fun into their fundraising events and at the same time deliver an important message. That men should carry out regular self-examinations. I fully support everything that The Testicle Tour aims to achieve."

                                            

Dr Chris Steele MBE- resident Doctor- ITV's This Morning- Britain's No. 1 Daytime Show and "Health Journalist of the Year-2007

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© 2009

                                       Talking balls around London!

The Testicle Tour's big wacky event this year was in London on the 11th July 2009. This involved a large group, some survivors like Darren, walking around London many armed with a large fluffy testicle each. There were testicular cancer survivors from all over England and even one from the United States which made this a truly international event.We visited major London landmarks, where the whole group and the fluffy testicles had their photo taken. Also during the walk, one of the survivors Ezra Williams (a talented classical singer and musician) performed his own rendition of Nessun Dorma to include testicular cancer references. Darren also (attempted) to sing his own version of "Singing in the Rain" and "It's raining Men" to keep everyone smiling throughout the wet day. The official patron of the Testicle Tour Dr Chris Steele MBE also attended and started the tour with his supporting words and very loud air horn. We aim to have raised £10,000 by the end of 2009 for the Everyman Male Cancer Campaign.

                    

 

Here is the route we took on the day. We were at each venue for around 15-20 mins for photos. Please visit the Testicle Tour 2009 page for more videos and pictures along with our usual humorous commentary!

10.00am- Met at London Eye - Dr Chris addressed survivors and supporters.
10.45am- Started walk
10.55am- Arrived at Millennium Bridge
11.20am- Globe Theatre
11.55am- HMS Belfast - Darren's rendition of "Singing in the rain"
12.25pm- City Hall or The Glass Testicle as it is sometimes known as.
12.55pm- Tower Bridge

1.15pm-2.00pm LUNCH

2.15pm- Tower Of London
3.00pm- St Pauls Cathedral
3.45pm- Covent Garden (stayed for around 1 hour whilst Ezra and his friends sang the alternative version of Nessun Dorma and Darren entertained the crowds)
5.00pm- Leicester Square
5.30pm- Piccadilly Circus
6.30pm- Buckingham Palace


Big Ben/ Houses of Parliament/ Downing Street / Horse Guards Parade & Admiralty Arch unfortunately had to be missed as we were not allowed access by the Police as they could not find a record of the permissions we had gained.


7.30pm- Finished at Trafalgar Square.

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© 2008

                        Talking balls around England!

 

           This took place between 21st June 2008 to 6th July 2008

          Raising awareness of testicular cancer in a funny, light-hearted way.

Darren and Richard visited places whose name has reference to the male genitalia which took just over two weeks in total. They travelled in a very eye catching car to create as much awareness as possible!


They visited places like Bell End, Cocking, Willey, Ball, Knutsford, Penistone and many more...  for a full list of places, visit our tour diary.

Darren & Richard - Yesh baby...

 

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