27 year old James Penton, who has been blind since birth with a condition called Glaucoma Rhetinitis Blastoma, will be setting off from Birmingham International Airport on April 3. Penton, and his team of 4 pals, will be getting on a train at around 6am with their suitcases which they will carry all the way to the airport terminal before checking in and handing their heavy loads to the baggage handlers.

"I booked it at Thomas Cook travel agents last Wednesday as a last minute thing" said plucky Penton on the eve of his four thousand mile round trip. "It only cost about 200 quid, I was dead chuffed"

Penton says he realises this is a break from the norm for blind poeple who are mainly used to Arctic wasteland treks, mountain climbing and desert marathons.

As James' sets off, another blind man Miles Hilton-Barber is starting some kind of trek thing across a desert in Qatar or something, all in aid of the RNIB.

When questioned, Hilton-Barber told us "No I am certainly not doing this because I have a small blind penis and something to prove."

The superblind adventurer's rather pedestrian lifestyle pales into insignificance when put next to blind holidaymaker James Penton.

"For me, the Greek Islands say beer, sun and the possibility of a no-strings shag." Penton says, adding "oh and haven't they got those new Euro things in Greece too now? That'll be like way cool cos I haven't seen them yet."