bad luck

But a string of disasters and bad luck has since turned his dream into a legendary story of financial ruin.

Speaking to Lucy Owen on BBC Radio Wales, Dowden said she was heartbroken after "more bad luck", having missed out on the show last year while undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

The anger came from some bad luck in qualifying, moved to Sunday morning because of heavy rain on Saturday afternoon.

“I had bad luck. The patrols were very strict. They used dogs to detect us hiding in a container.”

When they asked how the cancer had returned, he said: "We were just told it was pure bad luck".