Super fundraiser Speedo Mick is set to arrive in Cumbria this week as part of a mammoth trek from John O’Groats to Land’s End.
And it is the last challenge the 58-year-old Liverpudlian Michael Cullen will complete – as he plans to hang up his blue Speedos for good.
He is raising money for mental health and suicide prevention charities and over the last seven years has raised £800,000. He hopes his latest challenge will see him hit £1 million.
During the five-week adventure, he will also take on the Three Peaks Challenge and open water swimming. He is camping along the route.
Due to arrive at Scafell Pike on Friday, February 3, he said: “Sadly after I have finished this, I will be hanging up my blue knickers forever more.
“I have spent seven years tirelessly fundraising for charity and I’m a bit knackered now! But it’s not over yet, as we have this last walk to complete before I say goodbye to my stomping days.”
During this challenge, Mick will be fundraising for something that is very close to his heart – mental health and suicide prevention.
He added: “I have suffered from mental health most of my adult life and still do suffer from it to this day. The donations from this walk will be going to our very first SpeedoMick Foundation. It’s a dream come true for me to be able to give back to my community and support people who are suffering.”
Mick kick-started the walk just after Christmas in John O’Groats, and will now be travelling through Glasgow, Lancaster and Liverpool as part of the trip, which is expected to last just over a month. It’s hoped Mick will be joined by friends along the way as he travels through the UK.
Mick said: “The SpeedoMick Foundation was originally set up in 2020 and alongside our fundraising on this charity walk, we will also be gifting grants to small grassroots charities that support mental health, disadvantaged young people and homelessness.”
