January - a depressing, grey month and the busiest time of year for the travel industry. The WandO team frequently feel the need during this melancholy month to destress with a glass of wine, pint of beer or the odd jaegerbomb!!

January 2013 will be quite different though for a hardy bunch of the team who have signed up to give up alcohol for the month to raise funds for Cancer Research. Cancer touches so many lives these days and most of us know someone who has gone through the pain of cancer and treatment so the least we can do is go through the slight inconvenience of no alcohol for 31 days.

Amongst us are half marathon runners and a veteran Lands End to John O'Groats cyclist. How difficult can it really be..?

The Dryathlete’s Oath I promise that I shall take part in Dryathlon™, respecting and abiding by the rules which govern it, committing myself to a month without alcohol, in the true spirit of do-gooding, for the glory of Dryathletes and the honour of Cancer Research UK