Brian Fabri, Noel Agius, Philip Azzopardi and David Zammit met as young whippersnappers back in secondary school in Malta (in the 1960s!) and have remained lifelong friends ever since.

The 'Lyceum Old Boys' are now tackling a gruelling 200km walk known as the Camino de Santiago, which will see them trek from A Coruña to Finesterre via Santiago de Compostela.

This is an endurance challenge and a celebration of friendship, but is also being done in aid of raising funds for Robert Owen House, a charity which is held dear in particular in Brian's heart.

Robert Owen House is a charity dedicated to raising funds in support of a subsidised B&B facility located in the grounds of the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (where Brian worked from nearly 30 years). It is a safe and secure placed where loved ones of patients at the hospital can stay overnight (or longer) and be close by without worrying about the cost or logistics of where to stay and how to be on hand. The house is there to ease the burden and stress felt by anyone when a loved one is in hospital. Please give all you can and support the Lyceum Old Boys as they traverse Spain in aid of this worthy cause.

For more information or if you would prefer to give directly, please visit the charity's website: http://www.robertowenhouse.org/index.html