Giving advice ...

Mark Beaumount who has gained international fame for his myriad exploits, is currently testing himself by running and swimming the Highland Boundary Fault Line and finished it tonight in Aberdeen.

The challenge, which followed months of intense training, including ice-cold open water swims.

Beaumont's exertions have included an unprecedented six-mile swim from Arran to the Isle of Bute. He has also crossed Scotland's biggest loch, Loch Lomond, and committed himself to ultra-marathon runs over rough terrain and mountain climbs, to help the STV Appeal by raising as much money as he can for children and young people living in poverty in Scotland.

As usual, he has embraced his stamina-sapping itinerary with total commitment and enthusiasm, impervious to whatever obstacles he might encounter.

And he has been accompanied on his journey, at various points, by the likes of former Scotland rugby star Scott Hastings and Scottish Olympic athlete Eilish McColgan and of course Bill Diack! This photo is Bill giving Mark some advice or is it the other way around.

His schedule commenced on Saturday, June 1, on a journey from Blackwaterfoot to Sannox on Arran.

Thereafter, Beaumont has continued negotiating the 230-mile trek from Arran to Aberdeen, by foot and in the water, via such places as Dunoon and Balmaha, Garelochhead and Callander, Blairgowrie and Edzell.

But if there have been difficulties en route, he has pledged himself to overcome them and carry out his latest charity mission. You can also donate to this worthy cause check out his just giving page http://www.justgiving.com/markbeaumontSTVAppeal