On May 25th, rather than spending my summer holiday sunning myself, I've decided to walk from one coast of England to the other in 10 days. To add to the challenge, and in honour of the charity I'm doing it for (http://www.stbasils.org.uk/), I'm going to be camping each night on whatever patch of land I can find and carrying everything I have on my back.

Here are the details of the 200 mile route:

http://www.billh.demon.co.uk/c2c/coast2coast.html

I'm hoping to raise money for St Basils. They are a small but important charity who work across Birmingham and Solihull to prevent youth homelessness, providing accommodation and guidance. They work with young people including some young mums and dads, so at anytime housed within their projects there may be babies, toddlers and young children as well.

Whatever you donate, however small, will be put directly to use in helping people who need it most. So please support my walk. The more pounds I get, the more I will be able to handle the blisters, wet weather and aching back!