To maintain individual wellbeing and building on the allowed daily localised exercise, between Monday 01 March and Friday 30 April 2022, five colleagues Philip Butler, David Harby, Chris Farthing, Chris Murrell and Paul Dodge spread between Manchester, Yorkshire and Leicestershire are each independently aiming to walk approximately 240Km (150 miles) to virtually match a trek across Peru to unlock the secrets of the Lost City of Machu Pichu.

Our local daily distances will be measured and mapped against the same in Peru, mirroring starting at the base of the snow-capped Andes mountains between Bolivia and Peru. We then virtually trek through the wildest and rarely visited areas of low alpine valleys catching sight of glaciers and turquoise lakes. Our virtual journey continues through local Inca villages, to spot llamas and a glimpse of the impressive Rainbow Mountain an important worship site since pre-Inca times. We head north towards the historical centre of the Inca empire Cusco, where we will pass ancient Inca ruins, temples and settlements before the winding valley turns into jungle. Here the path becomes less worn but moving forward could unlock the secrets of the spectacular Lost City of Machu Pichu and our final virtual destination.

We are doing this in support of the St James Place Charitable Foundation. As we all know, the pandemic is touching every aspect of our lives and for the charity sector it has had an enormous impact. With your support the Foundation will be able to continue to respond quickly and enable charities to adapt and continue their valuable support services. It really does make a difference and is a lifeline to many charities. All net proceeds from Our Virtual Mission will go towards the St. James's Place Charitable Foundation and will be matched pound for pound.

Day One::

So ‘Team Butler‘s‘ efforts began today Monday 01 March, with inaugural treks being made by Philip Butler joiining Paul Dodge and walked out 1and a quarter miles into Greenfield village and back along the same route which totalled the 2.5 miles shown

Chris Farthing made an inpressive 14.5 miles when he had a ride on Zwift early doors.

I  spent most of the morning walking to the local highest local point Beacon Hill in the Charnwood Forest ( as some means of trying to get some Peruvian style altitude - joke) and back across local fields a round trip of 10.2 miles.

.In the middle of the 2010s, mass tourism came, attracted by the mountain's series of stripes of various colours due to its mineralogical composition on the slopes and summits. The mountain used to be covered by glacier caps, but these have melted recently due to global warming.

The distances covered by Chris Farthing and myself today effectively also pulled in Hatun Ch'aqu ia mountain about 5,000 metres (16,404 ft) high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Canchis Province, Pitumarca District, and in the Quispicanchi Province, Cusipata District.

Hatun Ch'aqu is situated south of the river Pukamayu ("red river", Pucamayu) which flows to the west as a right affluent of the Willkanuta River. An intermittent stream originates east of the mountains Hatun Ch'aqu and Tuqtu. Its waters flow to the river Ch'illkamayu in the south. Ch'illkamayu is also a right tributary of the Willkanuta River.