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Liverpool Echo
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Ellen Kirwin

Speedo Mick finishes final challenge at Land's End after raising £1 million

Speedo Mick has completed his final challenge after raising £1,000,000 for charities.

Michael Cullen, from Dovecot, has spent the last seven years trekking across the country wearing only swimming trunks to raise awareness and money for causes close to his heart. The 58-year-old Evertonian reached his target of six figures last week and will now provide grants to grassroots charities that support mental health, disadvantaged young people and the homeless.

His most recent challenge saw him walk a thousand miles from John O'Groat's in Scotland to Land's End in Cornwall in four months. Taking to Instagram, he said: "I can't believe the journey is over but I am mighty relieved that it is. I have been running on fumes adrenaline beeps and pasties for 3 weeks .

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