Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

At the start of the year, I decided it was time to undertake another challenge. Having visited many countries around the world, an ambition soon became apparent to visit each continent at least once. Perhaps inspired by this years World Cup in South Africa, I decided upon Kilimanjaro in Tanzania (ever hopeful that my two weeks in Africa will be more fruitful than Englands)!

Despite being a treated as both a holiday and a test of endurance, I wished that my efforts could go further so promised a good friend that I would raise much needed funds towards a very worthwhile cause. My hope is that by visiting, you too will go that further mile and offer to those who really need it most.

As I'm off in just a couple of days I'd like to thank everyone who has kindly visited the page and an even bigger thankyou to those who have donated. A further thanks for all the kind words of support and advice - and the biggest thankyou so far to Ali Bongo for 12 quality hours trying to fall off the horseshoe ridge at Snowdon (that was the last time I saw my knee ligaments)!!

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.