A foster parent who was left "devastated" by his Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis is defying his condition to take on the gruelling Three Peaks challenge.
Nick Deane, from Shrewsbury, was an active man and an avid runner with the Shropshire Shufflers.
But in November last year, at the age of 57, he was given the "shocking" news that he has the debilitating condition which affects the brain and nerves.