The Charity: Vision Aid Overseas is an international charity dedicated to transforming access to eyecare services in developing countries.  Please visit http://www.vao.org.uk for more information.

The Challenge: I will run/walk/crawl the full West Highland Way from Glasgow (Milngavie) to Fort William in a weekend. The route is 154km long, that's more than 3.5 marathons with a few hills thrown in for fun. I'll start about 4pm on Friday 16^th April and finish on Sunday 18^th April. Some might think it's a crazy challenge, but with your support and donations it will be worth it!

My Inspiration: Last March I met 10 year old Dawit at a Vision Aid Overseas clinic who was virtually blind. He lived in a remote village in Southern Ethiopia and had walked nearly 50km to the clinic guided by his father. Thankfully we were able to help him; the only reason he couldn't see was because he was very short sighted and needed glasses. Dawit's  situation was not unique, 670 million people are disadvantaged by poor vision and a lack of access to glasses.