I groaned when I saw an advert for another celebrity driven, "really difficult" fund raising challenge for Sports Relief. Fearne Cotton was crying. Again.David Walliams, Davina Mcall, Fearne Cotton, Patrick Kielty, Russell (average comedian who's last name I can't remember), Jimmy Carr and another actress/comedian who's not very well known were all cycling from John O Groats to Lands End. This annoyed me. Not more celebrities weeping on TV for a good cause, surely.
There is reason behind this cynicism. The momentous climbing of Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief made me angry. Gary Barlow and his chums including Ronan Keating, Fearne Cotton and 2 fifths of Girls Aloud climbed it back in February 2009. It wasn't that it wasn't for a good cause. Looking at the website just now they raised £3,400,000 which is pretty amazing. No, I was left wondering, is this challenge really that hard? I came across this BBC article at the time.
