Right you 'orrible lot,

I've been coerced (they beat me with sticks until I agreed) into running up the 1037 steps (38 floors) of the London "Gherkin" as part of a team for Charity - and yes, that was running not walking/crawling/taking the lift. Now those of you who know me will know quite well I'm not really a "Charity" person but I am ultra-competitive therefore if I'm doing this I want to raise a hell of a lot more money than the other people in my team so I can rub it in their faces (ahem, I'm a good winner really), and if it goes to a good cause rebuilding Christchurch (New Zealand) and helping displaced people who have had their lives torn apart by the Earthquake...ah well...so be it (they didn't like my idea of giving to the "Charity of Jon").

Anyway, this event is taking place on the 22nd of May (read more about it at http://stepup4christchurch.com/) and I'm going to bully, threaten, bribe, manipulate, ask nicely...wait...scratch that last one...as many people as I can for money - we are aiming to raise £5k (I intent to raise a Million Squillion pounds however) so whatever you can donate (£50, £10, £5, 20p) would be fantastic.

Donation page is here - http://www.everydayhero.co.uk/sysdoc - This is going to kill me running up these stairs (considering the most exercise I generally get is going to the fridge for another beer) so make it worth my while!

If you can forward this on to anyone and everyone that would be fantastic - what's a mere Million Squillion pounds, it should easily doable!

Thanks guys (and girls to be PC)!

Cheers all,

Jon Hay.