Hamish Critchley, a 19-year-old from Southsea, is arriving in Shropshire, as part of his astonishing walk from John O'Groats to Lands End. He's raising money for The Lily Foundation which supports those who suffer from Mitochondrial Disease, including Arthur, the brother of one of Hamish’s friends.Inspired by how Arthur and his family cope, Hamish is walking the entire length of Great Britain, approximately 1,200 miles from John O’Groats to Lands End.
Hamish started walking on May 1 by touching the sea at John O’Groats, and has been walking 18 to 20 miles a day. He has experienced baking sun and been regularly soaked in the rain, but says that the worst part of the journey was right at the start, when he had to hike through peat bog and was up to his ankles in mud a lot of the time.
“When I arrived in Staffordshire, I didn’t have a camp site to go to, but the wonderful pub let me put up my tent in their garden and someone really kindly paid for my dinner! I’ve even had drivers stopping to donate to the cause because they’ve seen me walk past them, which has been amazing.” Hamish is due to finish around July 7 and says: “I just can’t wait to step into the sea at Lands End!” Before then, his route is going to take him through Shropshire, Herefordshire and on to Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.