Del lives in New Eltham South East London with his wife Helen and 2 children. He is currently a serving London Firefighter and is one of the few urban search and rescue specialists.

As an ex soldier he is keen in all outdoor activities and pursuits and can be regularly seen on the hills of Wales with a pack on his back. Del has taken part in many challenges including being Team Leader for the 3 Peaks.

After this river Wye canoe challenge he is looking to do the bull run in Pamplona Spain, always up for a bit of excitement last year he became one of the first students in the UK to obtain Level 1 in Commando Krav Maga which is an Israeli self defense taught to the special forces.

I'm 35 years old and I work in Amsterdam, Holland for a company called Glassworks and I am a Editor, I work on commercials, pop promos etc for TV and Film.

I have known Richard since I was eighteen, I think, and agreed to the Wye Trip, one, to raise money for motor neurone disease and two so that I could film some kind of Diary for the web to show people the trip and hopefully through this we can raise some more cash, and make people more aware of the charity and the work that they do.

I have run three London Marathon's in the past for different charities, but this trip will involve more upper body work so there's a lot of weights and swimming involved in the training process.

Richard is the director of The Blackheath Locksmiths Ltd in South East London. He has a 5 year old daughter called Henley and enjoys hill walking and canoeing.

Unfortunately lost his father Alan Jackson last May.

He Says: 'Due to the help and support my Mother and I recieved from the Motor Neurones Disease Asscoiation [MND] I felt that I should raise money for such a could cause and to say thank you.'

John is a life long Leeds fan.

Lives in Suffolk with his wife Gilly and their two children.

John is a teacher at Wymondham College just outside Norwich and has run several half marathons for charity but this a first venture into the water variety

He says: 'I only learnt to swim in my 30’s so I'm hoping the life jacket works!'