'Blind Dave' Heeley's epic new challenge

Runner "Blind Dave" Heeley has revealed the route for his latest fundraising challenge, which will see him travel the length of the UK by foot and tandem in just 10 days.

The 52-year-old father-of-three from West Bromwich will run and cycle from John O'Groats to Land's End in a challenge known as "Blind Dave's Top2Toe Epic Fundraiser", in a bid to raise £100,000.

Following a change of plan, he has announced the route for the challenge, which will see him travel through West Bromwich.

Each day he will run a full marathon, before getting on a tandem to cycle the rest of the distance.

The longest leg will be on the first day, which will see him travel from John O'Groats to Drumnadrochit — a distance of 132 miles.

From there he will travel to Loch Lomond and on to Moffat, both in Scotland.

He will then go on to Lancaster and Stoke, before travelling through West Bromwich into Birmingham. From there he will travel to Weston-super-Mare, Oakhampton and Truro before arriving at Land's End.

"I have spoken to some people that have done it before and they said the first few days are the hardest. After that I should get used to it. Most people travel down the country from Lancaster towards Shrewsbury which is the fastest way, but it was really important to me to go through West Bromwich, so we changed the route."

Dave will be joined on his challenge by fellow runners Karl Moore and Dave Long of West Bromwich Harriers and cycling partner Mike Hopkins.

The runner, who famously ran seven marathons in seven continents in seven days in 2008, is raising the money for Macmillan Cancer Support. He will leave John O'Groats on August 10.

To support Dave in his latest challenge go to www.blinddaveheeley. co.uk/top2toe