I am rowing 50KMs (31 miles) on Thursday 11th November!

Each year I give myself a crazy challenge to push my increasingly old body to help charities that are important to me, those I love and those I work with.

The charities I have chosen are:

- Soldiers Off The Street (mental health and general support) www.soldiersoffthestreet.org/

- The Breathing Charity (respiratory condition support) www.naratbc.org.uk/

- Sepsis Trust (research and support) www.sepsistrust.org

Some of these are small organisations with no 'justgiving' page, so I will coordinate receipt of funds, split the amounts according to which one you nominate - and evidence payments to that charity.

If you have any spare cash to donate, I would be most grateful.