During the month of May and with the support of my fellow masons at Lodge Ayr St. Paul 204, I will be taking part in "The Ayrshire 100 Challenge" to raise funds for Ayrshire Cancer Support.

Back in 2007, I did my first fundraising for ACS with a trek above Everest Base Camp and as this challenge in May coincides with the traditional month for scaling the world's highest peak I will, this time around, be walking a total distance of 100 kilometres, combined with a cumulative ascent of some 3500 metres, the height from EBC to the summit of Everest.

There are not many of us, either through family and/or friends, who have not been affected by cancer and I hope that you will be able to support Ayrshire Cancer Support, through this challenge by making a donation.

The sojourn for me throughout May will be relatively painless, unlike those who have to go through the journey which cancer takes them.