My name is Paul 44 and my Guide Dogs name is Wispa! Age 8.

So what’s my story? 

9 years ago i suddenly suffered such a significant sight loss that it would affect my life forever   It was a rare genetic disease called Lebers which, of course I’d never heard of  

This means I have no central vision  at all and I can’t see more than a few feet away. This led to my early retirement from work and for a while I didn’t venture outside. 

Fast forward to 2015 when I get teamed up with my  new guide dog, WISPA. It many ways I am lucky.!!  I can still see somethings, But having Wispa helped me get back out again and reduced my anxiety  

It is difficult to describe how much a guide dog can do for someone who is visually impaired! Not only do they help physically but more than that is how they help you mentally

With everyone experiencing the hardest year of our lives I was in hospital and I decided lthat I had to get out and  climb some Munro’s and obviouley it has developed from there !!

So, to help guide dogs Who don’t just help visually impaired and blind adults they also help children with buddy dogs. I have decided to set myself    a year long challenge to see how many Scottish Munro’s we can climb starting on 1st of may 2021  

I have not taken this decision lightly, it has been over 15 years since I last climbed a mountain. Navigation may be an issue, I have had two hip replacements and due to a visually impaired related incident I almost lost one of my legs last year.  Some of these expeditions will include overnight stays and me and just wispa . 

.Over the next year we hope to cloudy mb at least 20 Munro’s. The equivalent of Mount Everest and in the process we hope to raise at least £5000  

So I do hope you donate money or pledge an amount per mountain and pay at the end of the year but regardless you can see both of us doing updates on YouTube by typing in Munro madness

Almost two million people in the UK are living with sight loss that has a significant impact on their daily lives. Of those, around 180,000 rarely leave their homes alone and lead lonely, isolated lives. Guide Dogs works for a world where people with sight loss are never left out of life, for a world where being blind or partially sighted is not what defines you. A world with enough support to make the challenges of sight loss no barrier to fulfilling hopes and dreams.