Tenby adventurer Rosie Swale Pope is back on the road. But it's just a small trek on this occasion, she told the Observer - only a mere 153 miles!

Rosie headed off on Wednesday pounding the roads towards The Storey Arms at the entrance to the Brecon Beacons to raise funds for three charities close to her heart.

One is the Size of Wales, a unique national scheme to sustain an area of tropical forest the size of Wales as part of the national response to climate change, the second is Marie Curie Cancer Care, which provides end of life care to terminally ill patients in their own homes or in one of their nine hospices, while the third is Amroth's Tinkers Hill Bird of Prey and Swan Rescue Centre, run by Rosie's friend, Maria Evans.

Pulling Icebird, sporting a new cover adorned with all the charity logos, Rosie was planning on calling in on all her beneficiaries along the way, starting with Tinkers Hill, followed the National Botanical Gardens of Wales, a supporter of the Size of Wales project, and then the Marie Curie hospice in Penarth.

Rosie will also be taking time out to speak with a youth project in Merthyr Tydfil called The Engine Room.

"I am not completely fit, but I hope to do around 15 miles a day," said Rosie, who hopes to reach The Storey Arms by August 6.

During her trek, Rosie will be breaking off to tick off one of her 101 challenges - a 1,000 parachute jump in aid of Peace One Day.

"I hope that I will inspire people to do something good with themselves," said Rosie.

"I am very grateful for the support I have received locally, particularly Steve, Ryan and all the guys at Tenby Auto Centre, who have been looking after Icebird so well, Ross Llewellyn, who has been helping me get fit, and also physio Josephine Jones."