Thank you for everyone who donated. As a group (the five of us at work doing this) we’ve rased £237 with your help, all for a very good cause!

As for keeping the Mo, well no. It was nice while it lasted but it’s time to go back to a more conventional look.

Thanks, and have fun.

Another quick update!

Just a quick photo update.

Given that today means we’re just past the half way mark, I thought I’d best post a photo update:

What do you think? A worrying number of people seem to think it suits me 

Remember, I’m not growing a moustache for men’s fashion but for men’s heath. Help out the Prostate Cancer Charity by sponsoring me here.

Thanks and have a great week!

Unfortunately, I’m also looking a little weasel-ish! I can put up with it as it’s all for a good cause. Please help by donating here.

The Flyn is described as “A trim, pencil-thin ‘stache. Vincent Price sported a Flynn, and Bob Dylan recently adopted one.” by the experts.

Pic from yesterday as I didn’t have time to post then:

It’s kinda cool, as far as the Mo goes, but I’m worries that when combined with my tickler the Flynn takes on a more D’Artagnan resemblance.

Mario has never looked so good!

If you haven’t sponsored me yet, please Donate Here. Thank you to everyone who’s helped out so far!

So, as previously stated I was slightly worried that I could end up looking like a poor imitation of Freddie Mercury. The man might be a music icon but I’m not sure the dead-animal-over-lip look is what I’m going for.

Andrew, friend and sponsor, made the suggestion of Errol Flynn. Now, I’m not good with the name of actors and have terribly little knowledge of yesterday’s films. However, I looked him up and have to admit the suggestion isn’t at all bad (minus the cheesy smile in this pic).

However, I’m not sure my tickler compliments this design of tache.

I’m therefore still open to ideas. What say you? Any other ideas of stars I could/should pay homage to?

So here’s the Movember challenge: During Movember (the month formerly known as November) I’m growing a Mo (Moustache). That’s right I’m bringing the Mo back because “I’m passionate about tackling men’s health issues and being proactive in the fight against prostate cancer” (and of course, it’s kinda daft).

Movember has some simple rules:

• Start on the 1st November clean-shaven
• For the entire month of November, must grow and groom a moustache according to these rules:
  • There are no beards
  • There are no Goatees
  • A small complimentary growth under the bottom lip (aka a tickler) is allowed (phew!)

So here goes: The attached pic shows me clean-shaven at the start of the month. I haven’t decided on the style of Mo to grow as of yet, but have a horrible feeling I may well end up looking like Freddie Mercury. Expect increasingly embarrassing photo evidence to follow.

If I’m going to spend a whole month looking stupid (or at least more stupid than normal), the very least you can do is sponser me and give some cash to the The Prostate Cancer Charity. So what are you waiting for? Donate now via my Movember page.

The money raised by Movember is used to raise awareness of men’s health issues and donated to The Prostate Cancer Charity which will have an enormous impact on many men’s lives and the awareness will help us to fight prostate cancer on every front – through research, support, information and campaigning.

Did you know…

• Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. 35,000 men are diagnosed every year and one man dies every hour.
• 1 in 11 UK men will be diagnosed in their lifetime.

We camped on the airfield for two nights; spent all of Saturday training, followed by a jump as a final test to ensure we’d taken it in!

In my case, I asked friends and family to sponsor my jump and their generosity raised £345; 100% of which went to the charity George House Trust.

Here’s my photo diary from the training day: