All round top chap Nick Barlow is about to commence his walk from John O’Groats to Land’s End in aid of the Brain Research Trust:

Last year, my brother Simon died. He was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1998 and after seven years of operations, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, all clears, relapses and lots of normal life in between, a third tumour was finally too much for him and he died on October 11th. It was around then that I realised I’d finally be doing my walk this summer. After all, Simon was probably the fittest member of our family - he’d run the Paris and New York marathons - so something like this seemed a perfect way to remember him. Plus, I’d sooner walk 1000 miles than try and run 26, but I’m strange that way.

He’s hoping to blog the journey and you can sponsor him here. Get over there and give him some support.