This October we'll be off to Morocco to take part in the Monkey Run. We'll be taken out to the desert close to the Algerian border and given 50cc monkey bikes. We'll then attempt to drive these tiny, near-useless machines across the Sahara Desert, over the Atlas Mountains, and into Marrakech. Small bike, giant adventure.

This is a charity event put on by The Adventurists. Anyone participating in one of their adventures is asked to try and raise money for Cool Earth. The idea here is that signing up for something so grandly stupid will likely draw some attention and therefore offers a chance to do a spot of good. Since Cool Earth are helping to solve the largest crisis facing our planet we are more than happy to help promote it.

Please take a moment to donate. Any amount will help Cool Earth preserve tropical rainforests and bring down global temperatures.

You can learn more about Cool Earth and the work they do on their website: https://www.coolearth.org/

And you can learn more about joining a big, dumb adventure with like-minded scallywags on The Adventurists website: https://www.theadventurists.com/

We'll be posting updates on social media when we can, as we go. If you followed along with the Sri Lanka Rickshaw Run last year (or any of our adventures over the past decade), you'll know what sorts of things to expect:

Being lost a lot of the time; a zillion lil cuts, scrapes and general discomfort; an avalanche of unpredictable events and chaos; miraculous little wins; team camaraderie and shenanigans; and random acts of kindness from the strangers we meet along the way.

Let's get together and put some money towards saving this place so there'll still be a vibrant planet to host adventures for generations to come.

(Disclaimer 1: By donating you are in no way 'sponsoring' our trip. We're signed up and everything's paid for. We're going regardless and it doesn't matter if we raise a dime. We'd prefer to raise a zillion dimes because we honestly feel this is a good cause. But don't feel like your donating so we can go on vacation. Just donate if you think it's a good cause and you want to.

Disclaimer 2: Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.)