It started with a WhatsApp last year from a mate I've not spoken to in a long while. I said yes I'm up for the challenge, it sounds like a great cause! 50 mile bike ride, 700m ascent hike and 2 mile kayak. Should be fun for 4 x middle aged men! Action Medical Research is the leading UK-wide charity saving and changing children’s lives through medical research. For 65 years we’ve helped pioneer ways to prevent disease and develop treatments benefiting millions of people. Our research has helped to beat polio in the UK, develop ultrasound, fight meningitis and prevent stillbirths. But we urgently need to develop more new treatments and cures for sick babies and children and we can’t do it without you.