As a 60th birthday challenge, I have signed up to do a trek along a section of the Great Wall of China, from Gubeikou to Jinshanling and Simatai 🥾 in October 2026.

The Great Wall is built on rolling hills and some sections have hundreds of thousands of stairs, some of which have begun to crumble and are more like steep gravel slopes. Hopefully my walking on the South West Coast Path will be good training for this challenge.

I am raising sponsorship to support my local hospice in Worcestershire, St Richard's Hospice, to help ensure that patients and families across Worcestershire receive the care and support they deserve.