Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Well the time of year has come again where I start to think what charity I will fundraise for.  At first it was suggested by my mother that I fundraise for a charity that has helped my brother for over thirty years.

Well since then a lot has happened which has had a big impact on my family so for this reason I have decided to fundraise for MacMillan nurses.

Again I will be wearing high heels as it is a method that has proved successful for the last five years and is guaranteed to get attention as it is a unique method.

I have decided that the fundraising will take place on Saturday 15^th August.  I have decided that I will attempt to complete the distance of a half marathon.  For those who do not know how far this is I will be walking 13.1094 miles (21.0975 kilometres).  For technical reasons I will actually be walking slightly further by around quarter of a mile. This is actually for my convenience.  I had originally organised to do the walk the following weekend on the 22nd but this had to be postponed to the weekend before due to circumstances out of my control.

I will be wearing a pair of four inch high heels which have a block heel for stability.  I have actually worn the same heels for 31 days without a break and they are OK to walk in.  On the other hand I never attempted to walk over 13 miles in them non-stop so I expect I will suffer at the end of the day.

My only concerns are blisters and sweaty feet.  As it will be summer I will be wearing them bare footed.  Although i will be going bare foot I will also be carrying a pair of white sports socks in case I get problems with blisters.  This will be a last resort as I will also have plasters on my little toes.  The last thing I want is my feet getting too warm in the middle of summer.

I was considering buying a pair of sandals but I don’t want any unnecessary expense.  My only expense will be my fancy dress outfit.  The outfit will consist of a green charity T-Shirt paired with green leggings and a green skirt plus of course the black shoes.  The green skirt was kindly provided by my wife Wendy.

I will be starting from Mumbles pier and walking to the Civic centre and then back to the pier and I will then walk back in the direction of the Civic centre and finish at the car park at the bottom of Sketty lane.  I expect the walk to take around between 8 to 10 hours.

I will also have a collection bucket with me to collect from the public.  A street collection permit will be applied for in the run up to the walk.