Tim Jackson completed his gruelling 50 mile run across Dartmoor, raising £2,595 to support DEBRA.

Tim took just over nine hours to run nearly two marathons across the rough terrain in hot weather to raise money for DEBRA, a charity that supports people with Epidermolysis Bullosa, known as EB, which Tim suffered with as a child and his daughter Bea, 2, has just been diagnosed with.

EB is an inherited connective tissue disease that causes the skin to blister and not heal as well as it should. Talking before his challenge, Tim said: “What gets me is that with severe cases, you can’t cuddle the children. Its very painful and debilitating in extreme cases, but can you imagine seeing your child in that much pain and not being able to cuddle them?”

Luckily, both Tim and Bea have mild symptoms of the condition. “I’ve had it all my life”, explained Tim, “and Bea didn’t have any symptoms until she was around 15 months old. Once she started walking, and falling and knocking her knees, we noticed. “We went to Great Ormond Street Hospital for her to be diagnosed, and it brought back all the memories for me from when I was young. You don’t grow out of it, but you learn to protect susceptible areas, like ankles and knees.”

Tim ran 50 miles, with elevations of 3,100m, across Dartmoor on Saturday, September 2, running on surfaces from roads to stoney river banks, open moorland and tracks.

Tim has raised £2,595 for the charity, and donations can still be made to DEBRA through the JustGiving page: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/timmyjackson