A COUPLE will spend six days trekking through some of Scotland's most awe-inspiring and rugged countryside to raise money for an epilepsy charity.

James and Jenny Quinn, of Watford, will join 11 others on a trek along Scotland's West Highland Way at the end of the month.

The 95-mile track links Milngarvie to Fort Williams, stretching from the outskirts of Glasgow to the foot of Ben Nevis.

James, 54, who is an assistant director of the National Society for Epilepsy, the charity for which he is fundraising, said: "We are keen walkers, but this is a challenge way beyond anything we've ever attempted before.

"I am starting to think we must be slightly bonkers."

The couple have been preparing for the challenge by making daily visits to the gym and going on regular walks.

Jenny, who teaches music at local schools, including Rickmansworth School and St Joan of Arc, and also teaches at Holyrood School in Watford, has also tried, wherever possible, to leave her car at home and walk.

The pair aim to raise more than £3,000 for Seahorse Appeal, which supports epilepsy research.

The link between epilepsy and the seahorse is the hippocampus, Latin for seahorse. The hippocampus is the seahorse-shaped area of the brain which is often the site of unstable epilepsy.

James said: "It's a very special cause, but there is also a family connection for us, so we are very happy to be fundraising for the charity."

To sponsor the couple telephone 01494 601415 or e-mail james.quinn@epilepsynse.org.uk.