A gruelling 150k Tibetan trek awaits Ken Meek, a 63 year old former Warrant Officer from Rudloe, Wiltshire, who is about to undertake the Everest Base Camp expedition to raise funds for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity.

Dan McNeil is walking the whole of the UK coastline to raise funds for the charity which helped him out in his darkest hour.

There is much common ground between the Armed Forces and the emergency – or blue light – services.

At the age of 22, Gareth Evans, from Cannock, was evacuated back to the UK after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded under his vehicle in Afghanistan in 2009, causing him a broken leg and shrapnel injuries.

Sally Orange, from Salisbury, long-time fundraiser for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, is just back from running the world marathon (seven marathons, each on a different continent, completed in seven days) and has now set her sights on running the London marathon to support SSAFA yet again.