How did this happen? On 3 August I’ll be packed into a rickety Cessna, strapped to the front of some fellow I don’t know from Adam, told to shuffle to the edge of an open hatch...and then topple into the abyss.

To make this skydive count for something more than soiled undergarments, please give generously! It’s all going to an excellent charity called Lord Taverner’s, which brings cricket and other sports to disadvantaged and disabled kids across the UK.

Whatever you can afford, it will be gratefully received and put to excellent use.

Thank you,

Alex x