Leanne and Nick would like to firstly say A BIG THANK YOU for visiting our Justgiving page.

We know times are tough but hopefully you can spare some cash to help this very worthy cause especially as the task we are undertaking for them is no small challenge….

THE 3 PEAKS CHALLENGE
At dawn on Saturday the 20th of August we will begin to climb BEN NEVIS in the Scottish Highlands. Together we will climb to the summit and back down again, before driving to SCAFELL PIKE in the Lake District and again completing the ascent and descent then driving on to Mt SNOWDON in Snowdonia National Park to complete the climb for a 3rd time ……..The three highest mountains in Britain…….Up and Down…….and 470 miles of driving in no more than 24 hours.

We will be covering all the costs ourselves so that all your donations will go straight to the MS SOCIETY. Our costs include the support team (Nick's Dad) The car's diesel over the total 1250+ Miles of driving, and our accommodation before and after the challenge….We have set the target at a very modest £250…..but please dig deep this is a fantastic cause that could one day see this awful disease eradicated through the groundbreaking research being undertaken every day.

Your money will go towards this research as well as supporting those already diagnosed and their families.


For those that don't know about MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition of the central nervous system.
In MS, the coating around nerve fibres (called myelin) is damaged, causing a range of symptoms.
More than 100,000 people in the UK have MS. Symptoms usually start in your 20s and 30s and it affects almost three times as many women as men.
Once diagnosed, MS stays with you for life, but treatments and specialists can help you to manage the condition and its symptoms.
We don't know the cause and we haven't yet found a cure, but research is progressing fast.

WHAT HAPPENS IN MS?

To understand what happens in MS, it's useful to understand how the central nervous system works.
A substance called myelin protects the nerve fibres in the central nervous system, which helps messages travel quickly and smoothly between the brain and the rest of the body.
Exposed electrical cables - similar to exposed nerves
In MS, your immune system, which normally helps to fight off infections, mistakes myelin for a foreign body and attacks it. This damages the myelin and strips it off the nerve fibres, either partially or completely, leaving scars known as lesions or plaques.
This damage disrupts messages travelling along nerve fibres – they can slow down, become distorted, or not get through at all.
As well as myelin loss, there can also sometimes be damage to the actual nerve fibres. It is this nerve damage that causes the increase in disability that can occur over time.

MS SYMPTOMS

As the central nervous system links everything your body does, many different types of symptoms can appear in MS.
The specific symptoms that appear depend upon which part of your central nervous system is affected and the job of the damaged nerve.
Read more about the signs and symptoms of MS.

CAUSES OF MS
No one knows the exact cause of MS, but it is likely that a mixture of genetic and environmental factors play a role.

For more information please visit our chosen charity THE MS SOCIETY they are lovely lovely people
www.mssociety.org.uk

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