ABOUT ME AND MY JOURNEY

Since my mid-teens, I have had a strong desire to do something socially rewarding and worthwhile, to help in raising significant sums of money for charitable causes whilst inspiring others to follow their dreams. Lots of people run marathons, go on sponsored walks etc. I wanted to do something more extreme, something that would represent a significant challenge both mentally and physically and demand massive levels of will power and fortitude, along with sacrifice, which ultimately would inspire and benefit 000’s of people.

Only 7 people in History have been verified as having walked around the World with my intention is to emulate these amazing people.

I will, from my experience, produce personal journals, videos, photographs and record interviews conducted during my journey. Along with this I will be writing a book based on the characters and experiences I encounter, in a light hearted, fun, thought provoking and imagination nurturing manner, for young people between the ages of 5 and 8, for parents to purchase in either in paperback or digital form, with all proceeds again going to my chosen charities.

The walk will be supported by a website geared to daily reports, blogs and also links to social media pages, media groups all directing to My Virgin Money site to maintain the emphasis on raising money for both Cancer Research and Unicef.

The Journey will cover approximately 26,000 miles, across 32 countries and will take approximately 48 to 54 months all going well. The journey is split into 7 stages.

Stage 1 - The UK, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Southern Ireland and Wales.

Stage 2 - France, Spain, Portugal.

Stage 3 - USA, Miami in Florida to Los Angeles California.

Stage 4 - Australia, Sydney to Perth.

Stage 5 - Southern Asia, Singapore in Malaysia to Sicily.

Stage 6 - North Africa, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco

Stage 7 - Gibraltar back to home town of Swindon.

The Monetary objectives for this project are clear and concise and are very simply, to raise £2,000,000 + for both Cancer research and Unicef.