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Starting on Monday 15th September 2014, a group of friends and I will attempt to trek across the Pyrenees mountain range.This beautiful and demanding trek takes us from France over the high mountains into Spain.

Our route follows the Freedom Trail, or Chemin de la Liberté, one of the toughest WW2 escape routes from Nazi-occupied France. Local people risked their lives to help the thousands of allied servicemen and Jewish refugees fleeing to safety, and we pass plaques and memorials dedicated to their bravery.

The trek is arduous and steep, taking us through spectacular scenery of cirques, rocky ridges, beech forests and mountain lakes. We will walk on remote trails, reaching 2522m before we descend into Spain. 

Because Me and my brother are both currently serving in the Royal Air Force, we hope to lay a wreath at the crash site of a Halifax Bomber that unfortunately crashed in 1945 killing all 7 crew on board, it's a sober reminder of the sacrifice they gave all those years ago for our freedom today.

The team consists of Myself and my brother Tom Colombari, Aaron Ganley and Phil Edkins, with each of us raising money for the charities RAF Benevolent Fund, Yorkshire Cancer Research and Parkinsons UK respectively, each of which are great causes well worthy of a healthy donation. We each need to raise £1800 for our respective charities, which is no small amount, but I do believe the price is justified by the cause.

Thanks for taking the time to view this, and please donate where you can.

Ben and Tom

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