It’s important to remember that the reason I’m doing all this is for charity and so I thought I’d mention a little about the other charity that I’ll be raising money for in addition to Macmillan.

The ‘Mr Mouse Farm for Unfortunates’ and Tettenhall Horse Sanctuary were born in 1978 with a dozen or so ponies rescued from slaughter, a dozen wayward youths rescued on probation, and a dozen happy people wanting to put some effort into doing some good.Since those brave beginnings it has grown steadily and is able to give aid, service, veterinarian help, shelter, warmth and food to thousands of neglected, abused and abandoned horses and other animals. It also provides security and fatherliness to hundreds of disadvantaged, socially deprived, mentally and physically handicapped people in the local area.

Tough Guy is organized and run by “Mr Mouse” and his colleagues and the event takes place on some of the pasture land that the farm owns. Apart from being a worthwhile cause in itself, it’s a good way of acknowledging the hard work that is put not only into running Tough Guy, but also that is put into running the farm.

(I should point out that all the online sponsorship I raise online will be going directly to Macmillan. Proceeds from my offline collecting will be split between the two.)