Mountain climb in aid of Macmillan
So, on Saturday April 23 he went north to climb England’s highest mountain Scafell Pike. Having never done anything like this previously - he is quoted as saying that one of his greatest climbs to date would be up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire - he climbed with a small group of friends, who are more experienced, considerably fitter and a little younger than he.
Further more, they elected not to take the more common route but one that presented more of a challenge with some scrambles along the way - he hadn’t bargained for that part!
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Hide AdMichael says he doesn’t like heights and could become slightly panicky when confronted with them especially as he has - in his own words - clonky knees and a dodgy back. The route was 18km and a 10 hour round trip.
This was his opportunity to raise a little money for a charity which means so much to so may. Well his did. He raised a fantastic £1,500 for the Local Billingshurst Macmillan Cancer Support.