Neil Jordan, from Wantage, Oxfordshire, is preparing for a 1435-mile trip which will involve cycling and kayaking and climbing the UK's three highest peaks – Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike in the Lake District and Snowdon in North Wales.

The 57-year-old's efforts will not only raise money for Cancer Research UK as well as Sobell House Hospice – an adult specialist palliative care centre in Oxford – but will be dedicated to his late wife, Linda, who lost her battle against cancer last June.

Mr Jordan, himself a cancer survivor, will set off from John O'Groats on Sunday and will be joined intermittently by family and friends on his journey south.

He said: "Throughout our 32 years of happy marriage we had always enjoyed walking, and in the last two years we had taken up going for rides on a tandem. In 2006 I finally persuaded Linda to try canoeing, which she thoroughly enjoyed.

"It seemed appropriate I should make a journey dedicated to Linda combining walking, cycling, canoeing and sea-kayaking.

"I believe that Linda would approve of what I'm taking on and I hope that the money raised will help Cancer Research UK in its work of finding a cure for cancer, and Sobell House to continue to offer the care, comfort and support to others that Linda valued so much in her final days."

To sponsor Mr Jordon log on to his webpage – www.justgiving.com/lindajordanshhc

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