I AM CLIMBING MT KILIMANJARO!

As readers of my column in The Spectator magazine will know, the only exercise I ever do is horse-riding – which is basically just sitting down and jiggling about a bit.

I am not intrepid. In fact, I have been known to faint while pushing my shopping trolley to the upper deck of Waitrose car park in Cobham.

So please make my 11.11.11 Challenge worthwhile and donate now. See www.111111Challenge.org for more details.

I wasn’t at all sure about climbing Kilimanjaro then my good friends at the brilliant charity Footsteps International twisted my arm. Martin Print is a very persuasive man. He told me that the last time he did the climb he saw little old ladies flying past on their way to the summit. On this basis, I agreed to give it a go.

Please, please, please sponsor me because I have a feeling he was just hallucinating through altitude sickness and it is actually going to be quite difficult. If it’s worse than the trek to the upper deck of Waitrose in Cobham I’m going to be seriously tee’d off.

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.