A 'BRAIN tumour blogger' who dedicated her precious time to raise thousands to save others was remembered over the weekend with a special walk to mark the first anniversary of her death.

Courageous Anna Swabey died aged just 25, on the eve of her wedding.

But in her last 18 months alive, following a terminal diagnosis, she managed to raise almost £100,000 for research into the disease after setting up a blog called Inside My Head, which on Facebook now has more than 10,000 followers.

She also spoke in the House of Commons as part of a call for more government funding into brain tumours.

In the wake of Miss Swabey's death, which took place the day before she was due to wed the love of her life, Andy Bell, her family vowed to carry on what she had started out.

And more than 50 of her loved ones, friends and members of the public gathered for a five-mile memory walk around her home town of Newton Aycliffe, on Saturday, to continue her legacy of raising funds for Brain Tumour Research.

There was a sea of colour as walkers turned out in bright colours and even the odd tutu to remember the university graduate and all gathered in the pub following the walk to raise a glass in the campaigner's honour.

Victoria Cartwright, Miss Swabey's sister, said: "It’s been absolutely amazing; and there’s so many different people too which is testament to how many people Anna influenced and touched.

“Today [Saturday] is just as hard as the day she died and in some ways harder because it’s forcing us to relive that.

“We were saying this morning that we can relive it now with good memories.”

Mrs Cartwright, 37, added: “It’s been such a tough morning but the fact we have done this is just something that keeps us all focused really on what her legacy was about rather than just sitting about feeling sorry for ourselves.”

Walkers, with some travelling as far as London, raised more than £200 from the fundraiser which was even completed by Miss Swabey’s dog Enid.

“Anna was all about fun; everything about her was fun. She was always positive and laughing,” Mrs Cartwright added. “The walk is something that’s got the whole family involved and brought us together – anything that was social and got the family together Anna would have absolutely loved, particularly on a day like today.

“What she was most worried about was not herself, but how we were all going to cope.”

Miss Swabey raised £80,000 for the Brain Tumour Research Campaign charity before she died and managed to hit her fundraising target of £100,000 on the day of her funeral.

In the past year her family have continued to raise funds and the target currently sits at £117,436.

To donate visit justgiving.com/fundraising/insidemyhead or to read Miss Swabey's blog visit annaswabey.wordpress.com or search for Inside My Head on Facebook.