This April, Tim Jackson, Area Sales Manager at Marley, the roof system specialist, will be trekking the Dartmoor Way – a 107 mile complete circumference of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, to help raise funds for DEBRA, the national charity supporting those directly affected by Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).
Also known as ’Butterfly skin’, EB is a rare and extremely painful genetic skin blistering condition causing the skin to become very fragile and tear or blister at the slightest touch.
Tim said, ’Both my daughter, Bea and I have this condition, although mildly, it still affects us every day.’
Tim, who will be carrying a 20kg backpack in order to be self-sufficient, will be camping wild for the 3 – 4 days it is expected to take him to complete the route which will see him cover almost 15,000 feet of elevation change with the maximum height reached being 1,391 feet.
Tim said, ’I will be sharing my location, so feel free to join me along the way – but don’t forget to bring some biscuits!’
If you would like to support Tim’s trek, please visit his Just Giving page here.
For more information on EB or The Dartmoor Way, please visit www.debra.org.uk or www.dartmoorway.co.uk
