So my life changed so much in December 2015, when my mum was diagnosed with advanced & aggressive Pancreatic cancer.

The support and care that charities such as Marie Curie give is vital at this time and I just really needed to feel like I was giving something back.

So as you may or may not know I'm a huge petrol head and a group of us take the trip to Lemans each year to watch a fantastic and historic race.

I can't bake, run far or jump out of planes for a sky dive (heights just aren't me) so I thought what about just stopping shaving and join the trendy youth of today and grow a big ginger beard.  I will then have a 'shave off' on the day of the 24 Hour Race.

Please give generously as i'm a middle aged man now who should probably know better than trying to stay in touch with the young trendy crowd of today, and the next few months will be a very itchy affair.

Thanks