It's been turbulent times in the markets this year and riding the ups and downs has not always been easy

Spare a thought then for our intrepid former guest trader and still regular Comments contributor David Terrell aka Chef, who has become a good friend of mine through these pages.

He won't thank me for shouting about it, he being a modest guy, but tomorrow (Sat 7 Nov) he's undertaking an 82 mile (132km) bike ride in the South of England amidst some very arduous coastal terrain. It's all in the name of charity Dreamflight for which he's admirably raised almost £10k in the past few years by auctioning off his culinary skills to London's rich list

So tomorrow's endeavour is definitely a step up in the commitment stakes and I know that Dave has been in some serious training for the past few months. Seriously wet weather conditions forecast for tomorrow will only add to the ordeal/achievement

I'm sure all our readers will want to wish Chef a safe and successful completion of his task tomorrow as we laze around doing whatever takes our fancy over the week-end.

Good luck mate. Top work!

And if anyone else out there is doing some great work for charity then do let us know and we can applaud you in public too.

Go Chef! - Our intrepid contributor is taking on a gruelling ride for charity