When my name was not selected originally I was not surprised....thoughts of London bias may have sprung to the minds of others but I had simply failed to enter my name in the draw. There was beer at the event!

Somewhat crest fallen at not being selected for something I had not entered; I vowed to be lucky in the luckiest of lucky dips when, inevitably, some precious southern folk dropped out.

So here I am less than 2 weeks away from the main event without a penny to my name in sponsorship, no training under my belt but thoroughly determined to at least survive.

I am somewhat competitive so no doubt will race Rich Collins to the top of Snowden out of sheer devilment.

If you can spare a couple of quid please do....if I raise the full £400 then pictures of me stripping down and jumping into a glacial pool will appear the following week!

JC