Rob, 33, holds his own 'living funeral'

Rob, who had to give up work because of his illness, has also drawn up a bucket list of visiting all the castles in the UK before he dies. A fundraising page has already topped £3,300 to help pay for the trips.

Since then he says he has received gifts from total strangers – and was even contacted by his favourite football team, Tottenham Hotspur, who have sent him VIP tickets to a home game.

Rob said: "I've never seen Tottenham play at their new ground before and it was something on my bucket list.

"The first (and last) time I see my favourite club playing in their new stadium will be from a VIP executive box with my dad and two other people. I am beyond excited.”

Rob says he is taking every day as it comes, but hopes he is able to attend his niece’s second birthday at the end of April.

People can visit Rob’s fundraising page at www. gofundme.com/f/robertsbucket-list or follow him on Instagram at @robs_cancer_ journey and @robs_final_dance.

To find out more about the stem cell register visit the Anthony Nolan Trust at anthonynolan.org/help-save-alife/join-stem-cell-register.

A NEW 'on-demand' transport service enabling people in the Thornbury area to 'hail' a minibus will be launched this year.

The aim of the 'WEST link' service is to enable people who live in areas with little or no bus service to reach a stop or station where they can pick up another bus or a train.

Funded by the West of England Combined Authority, out of £3 million cash from the government's Bus Service Improvement Plan, the minibuses will run between 7am and 7pm, Monday to Saturday.

The service was originally set to start in the summer but a meeting of the West of England Combined Authority on January 18 heard it could be operational by April.

The new ‘demand-responsive transport’ WEST link minibus services will cover all of South Gloucestershire north of the M4, as well as large parts of North East Somerset and some areas of Bristol.

People will be able to phone, go online or use an app to call up a minibus as a "feeder service" to reach a stop linking them up with main commercial services to destinations including Cribbs Causeway, Southmead Hospital and Bristol Parkway station.

The system works by splitting the region into zones and using