I thought it would be a brilliant idea for my cyclist sister and her husband to do a sponsored bike ride for my charity. They agreed - but only if I did it too!

When I decided I didn't like being a journalist, I started writing poetry. I like haiku: you have to graft at it and change the words around to make it work.

When I was travelling, I realised that food was being wasted on an astronomical scale everywhere. Back in the UK, I thought a café using 'intercepted' waste food could be an answer to the problem...

I've always gone walking and when I decided to do a big trek, I chose Annapurna in the Himalayas as it sounded beautiful and I knew there were great trekking routes.