Hi all,

I don't mind admitting the last number of years have been the toughest I have faced so far both with business and at home. To work on my mental health, I have thrown myself into fitness which has had a huge positive effect.

I like having goals to work towards, so I (some would say foolishly) signed up to do the National 3 Peaks Challenge with a group of similarly crazy people from a client of mine Odgers Bernston.

If you don't know the 3 Peaks challenge is to climb the highest mountains in Scotland, England & Wales. But this all has to be done within 24hrs and the only chance to sleep is on the bus during the journey between the mountains.

You may have seen that I have been journeying to Wales and The Lake District to get some practise in, and I can confirm that I am terrified, this will be really tough.

Odgers Berndtson are supporting the British Heart Foundation (BHF) by raising awareness of heart and circulatory disease and fundraising through participating in challenges and at events.

The money raised by us will help the BHF fund vital research into heart and circulatory diseases like heart attacks, stroke and vascular dementia, and the risk factors that can cause them, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.