ENERGETIC fund-raiser, Ivor Emo is swopping life on the London Underground for a trek through the Sinai Desert to raise money for the Cancer Research Campaign.

Ivor, 51 of Sunnyfield Avenue, Cliviger, is training for the project by running up and down the escalators on the Underground where he co-ordinates labour maintenance.

Whilst in the desert next January Ivor will help create an essential irrigation scheme for a remote Bedouin village.

He said: "I will be involved in the digging of a dam and visiting historical sites while I am over there."

Ivor still needs sponsors for the journey which begins next January. Anyone who can help should call: 07980 303106.