Firstly, thanks for visiting our fundraising page.

Now please don't leave the page without donating, unless of course you are running off to get you bank card and returning soon.

Here's the deal.... We decided this year that we should get off our backsides and raise lots of money for charity. We've got a small team of pals and work mates together and we are going to walk 3 marathons in 3 days down the North East Coast to raise money for Help the Hospices and also Barnardo's. 26 miles every day!! for three days. That is just crazy you all say!!   Well, rest assured we have assembled a team of finely tuned athletes and this will be a doddle won't it??

I think not!! Most of us stretch to as far as walking to the pub and back. It's not going to be easy and we are stocking up on blister packs already. Training is going well. Most of us have even started walking to the corner shop for the newspaper. That's progress from taking the car and driving round the block a few times to waste time in an attempt to convince the neighbours that we are not that lazy. Come on.....you know you all do it

The charities

So, our ask of you is please sponsor us for as much as you can afford. We really do want to raise as much as possible. We are fund raising for two charities. All donations from this site will be donated to Help the Hospices. If you would prefer to donate to Barnardos then please go to Darren Mellor's site at . www.justgiving.com/darrenmellor3

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Help the Hospices gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

The money I raise will go to Yorkshire Bank's Charity Partner, Help the Hospices, but specifically to Martin House Hospice, West Yorkshire. Through the Bank's matched funding scheme, Yorkshire Bank will match fund pound for pound all funds that are raised, with 50% donated to Martin House Hospice and 50% to Help the Hospices.

Reasons for us not to do it:  We drink too much, we eat too much , some of us smoke too much, we are too fat and too lazy.

Reasons for us to absolutely do it: We drink too much, we eat too much , some of us smoke too much, we are too fat and too lazy - and the people that the charities support  will benefit !

So get your hand in your pocket and please sponsor us now! Thanks

Paul, Darren, John, Gary, & Andy