18th April 2025 - We finished!

We just wanted to say a HUGE THANKS to everyone who has sponsored, supported and followed us on this trip and those we met along the way. It was an awesome trip!

We're thrilled to have raised so much for MAN&BOY (Bloomberg will match it too!).

Here's a slideshow of some of our favourite pictures.

Our Challenge

Isaac (14) and me (56) are off to hike the West Highland Way next week. We've done long hikes before but this is different, it's in the Scottish Highlands, there's weather and we're planning to camp most of the way, so we'll have to be carrying the tent the whole way this time. We're also planning to nip up Ben Nevis before we finish but that depends on the weather.

I feel a bit like Laz Lake when he says, "“If I knew I could make it, what would be the point”. I last tried the West Highland Way when I was about 25 and I only made it to Tyndrum before getting food poisoning.

We decided to make this a sponsored hike to raise money for MAN&BOY. This is a small charity that has helped us out, and we stay involved. Programmes like the Adolescence Series are making it easier to explain what MAN&BOY is all about - which is strengthening relationships between boys and male role models in their lives.

MAN&BOY have been championing male role models and supporting boys, men and their families for a decade. The national debate is catching up - Sir Gareth Southgate talking about boys needing role models, the ground breaking TV Drama Adolescence and the Centre for Social Justice’s new report ‘Lost Boys’ are making waves.

Today's release of 'Can't Look Away', based on investigative reporting by Bloomberg News' Olivia Carville, further highlights the challenges our young people are currently facing and why organisations like MAN&BOY are really doing great work to provide alternatives to social media for young people.

So we hope to raise a bit of money as we hike, and, my employer will match whatever we raise.

We'll try to post updates and photos on here (and on Facebook too).

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