Roy (my 59 year old hubbie) is a bit crazy.  From the beginning of March, he's about to embark on his lifetime ambition - to walk (or traipse, as he calls it) the length of the country over as many mountains as possible, avoiding roads, carrying his tent and his little cooking stove on his back.  The trip is likely to take five or six months, so the idea of this blog is to keep you all up to date with his adventures. 
Preparations are well under way.  I am going to walk with him for the first week, so that will be a gentle introduction to the trip for him, having to travel at my pace!  It will also be more comfortable for that week, staying in bed and breakfast establishments - I don't do tents!
For those of you who don't know, Roy is walking to support two very worthwhile charities:

East Cheshire Hospice

Friends for Leisure (a small charity which helps children with disabilities to join in with mainstream leisure activities)

If you would like to support this venture, please either contact East Cheshire Hospice (various methods on their website:
http://www.eastcheshirehospice.org.uk )
or pledge some dosh via a message on this blog.  If you send a cheque, please make it payable to East Cheshire Hospice and mark it "Roy's Walk" so that the money will be split between the two charities - thanks.

All for now, but when I work out how to post photos I'll add a few - I'm new to blogging!