The company Steve works for - when he’s not up a hill somewhere - is a multi national affair and has three offices here in the UK alone. There are offices all over the world but he’s just interested in the UK ones (for now at least). Thing is, he’s managed to persuade my boss to come with him and visit the other two offices so they can meet up with the staff they talk to on the phone almost every night. The BIG bosses are quite keen and the company has pledged its backing and even made an offer of some cash for the two charities he supports. The plan is, they both fly from Heathrow to Glasgow to meet the staff there, travel on down to Teesside to see them, finishing with a trip back to Reading where they both work. That’s the challenge, and we think it’s a great way to raise some funds and some awareness for two worthwhile causes.

Oh! I almost forgot! When they get to the airport in Glasgow and have waved goodbye to the plane, the rest of their journey is on foot as they shall be walking from there back to Reading via Teesside, all 459.6 miles of it. He said it was a long way down. Want to join us?