Mark McCloskey, husband of my best friend Lesley, was only 35 when SUDEP took his life in August 2016, leaving his whole family and all of his friends in complete shock.

SUDEP is when a person with epilepsy dies during or following a seizure for no obvious reason. It affects around 500 people in Britain every year. The reasons for SUDEP are not clearly understood and I want to help Mark's family and friends raise money for the charity being set up in his name (Mark McCloskey Foundation), in order to fund research into what causes it and how that knowledge can be used to help prevent other premature deaths in the future.

Over 3 days between 1st-4th September a friend & I will be backpacking 44 miles across one of the most remote areas of wilderness in Scotland: the Affric Kintail Way. Not content with simply completing the walk, I am challenging myself to carrying a tent, sleeping bag etc and camping for 3 nights. Being more accustomed to luxury hotels than tents, this is definitely pushing my comfort zone to the max!

Please dig deep to keep me going! And pray for dry weather that weekend!