Around March last year, we pulled together a group of lads together to take on a ‘Tough Mudder’ style event named ‘Waves Muds and Mountains’ in Conwy, which turned out to be one of the most difficult physical challenges we've ever faced and a hell of a lot tougher than expected. But we all absolutely smashed it and in doing so raised a shed load of money for St Anns Hospice - an amazing charity with a great cause. 

Despite the dreaded physical aspect of the challenge, the baltic weather conditions and haunted memories of pain, suffering and physical exhaustion; we‘be decided to run the event again this Saturday and I’ll be teaming up with past accomplices Alex Waterhouse, Craig Mason, Ben Griffiths, Cameron Thornburn, Simon Richardson alongside the newly recruited Matt Moss, Lewis Hewitt and Luke May to do it all again for a very different cause - a charity called ShadeAid in 2007 - A small charity that caters for orphans, widows and other deprived people in South Sudan.

My mum founded the charity in 2007 and whilst it has helped some of the most deprived people of South Sudan, it wants to do more... to help everyone around the world who are facing hunger, displacement and uncertainty in their lives.

The immediate aim is to alleviate the suffering of people living in South Sudan and other countries where they have taken refuge such as Uganda, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Sudan and Central Africa by providing basic needs that preserve life such as food, water, second hand clothes, blankets and essential learning tools for primary school children.

To help to achieve this goal I would welcome any donations – no matter how big or small as it would mean the world to my mum and the charity.

Wish us luck, we’ll do you proud and no doubt I’ll be sharing  plenty of pictures throughout the day for you all to enjoy :)