A Leighton Buzzard man is dedicated to walking from London to Brighton in an attempt to bring the total amount of money he has raised for Great Ormond Street Hospital across the last three years to more than £12,000.
Keith Siddle, has raised more than £8,400 in his last two walks, and is intending to raise at least another £4000 this time around.
The kind-hearted window cleaner said: “I am a stubborn so-and-so. My motivation is to do the best I can do for the hospital and the kids as it is such a worthy cause. I have had the same customers for many years and they are putting up a lot of money for my efforts so I don’t want to let them down. They have always been very generous and supported the fundraising I have done”.
The Highfield Road resident had always previously donated to the well-known London hospital, after being inspired by a leaflet requesting volunteers to walk a stretch of Hadrian’s Wall two years ago for the charity.
Keith, 50, has been training hard for the 100km walk.
He said: “Being the mad fool that I am I just decided to do the first walk and got the bug from there. I did a practice walk over the cold Easter weekend and I must admit that the whole of my body was aching by the end of it.”
Keith will be doing the walk on May 25 and 26, and is hoping to finish the route in under 24 hours. If you would like to support Keith you can donate at www.justgiving/keithsiddle.
