Time for a nice cup of loose leaf tea!

WARNING: the following paragraphs will make you weep with admiration, fear, joy, sorrow, mirth, mild embarrassment, prolonged surges of generosity, puzzlement, barely contained rage, spasmodic bouts of boredom and an insatiable carnal desire.

Please, please, please, please, pleeeeeease give a tenner (or even a twenty!) - and help change a blind person's life for the better.

I will be one of the pudgiest, sponge-like sloaths ever to compete in a triathlon and I will have to suffer immensely just to get myself fit enough to ride a bike to the event. The entertainment my training alone will provide will be worth at least a fiver.

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Don't forget: donating here is totally secure and you won't get spammed. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the RNIB and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.

Go on - don't make me beg (NB: I will beg if you want me to).

Thanks!