Two University of Sunderland graduates have taken on a 120-mile walk over six days to raise money for the Samaritans.
Kai Valentine and Hayden Beckett are walking from Blackpool Tower to the Angel of the North, with the aim of raising £1,000 for the mental health charity. They have been walking since Monday, having covered Blackpool Tower to Barnard Castle so far and are bedding down each night in their tent.
Thankfully for the pair, they missed the worst of the torrential rain that hit our region on Thursday afternoon. Kai, 25, and Hayden, 26, met at the University of Sunderland and started up a late night phone in, The Bedtime Babble On, on the University's Spark Radio in 2020, with the aim of being a listening ear and friend for those isolated or struggling during the pandemic.
