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Brian Burnie continues his epic 7,000 mile walk for Cancer Patients...

He’s walked an incredible 5,126 miles to date; beginning on 5th March 2018 at the Baltic in Gateshead, through Northumberland, the entire coastline of Scotland, Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside and North Wales to Dublin. By September 2019, Brian Burnie, 76, completed walking the island of Ireland, meeting with doctors, oncologists, politicians, all the Lord Mayors and hundreds of well wishers. Despite his developing Parkinson’s Disease, founder of the charity ‘Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care’ is on a 7,000 mile walk around the coastline of Great Britain and Ireland to highlight the transport issues faced by cancer patients. He’s taking the charitys’ free service nationwide - all the while, living in a double decker bus! Lockdown brought Brian and Cheryl back home. Not to be defeated, Brian has taken-up the challenge of walking the remaining 1,182 miles in his own back garden and more recently, around a neighbouring golf course.

He will complete the equivalent distance from Torquay to Teesside by Saturday 15th August 2020; VJ Day. He will walk the last few yards at Daft as a Brush House in Gosforth with Far East War Veteran and Centenarian, Mr Len Gibson.

Mr Gibson served in the 125th Anti-Tank Regiment of the Royal Artillery and was shipped out the Singapore in 1942. He will be the guest of honour on the day. www.bluebellbus.org.uk On Monday 5th March 2018, charity founder Brian Burnie embarked on his biggest project yet. Aimed at promoting the concept of free cancer patient transport all over Great Britain and Ireland, Brian left the Millennium Bridge (Baltic Quay) at 9.45am accompanied by the specially converted double decker bus we’ve named ‘Bluebell’ - Brian and Cheryl’s home for the next 2 years.

The aim is to walk the coastal paths of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. This distance is approximately 7,000 miles (or 16,000,000 steps!) Regional cancer centres in all four countries will be visited en-route as well as the separate National Parliaments, returning June 2020. Discover more about Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care here: www.daftasabrush.org.uk There are many ways you can help him: https://www.daftasabrushbluebellbus.org.uk/help-bluebell/ Thank you!