A 75-year-old man walking 7,000 miles around the coast of Great Britain and Ireland has reached the Llyn Peninsula.

Brian Burnie, who has Parkinson’s, has taken on the epic challenge to fund free transport for people receiving cancer treatment – all while living in a double decker bus.

Brian and his wife Cheryl, who is supporting Brian on the journey, has passed the half-way mark on their two-and-a-half year trek to raise awareness of the transport issues faced by cancer patients.

Brian, from Newcastle, set-up a charity called Daft as a Brush in 2010 with the desire to provide cancer patients who are undergoing Chemotherapy and/or Radiotherapy, free transport to and from hospital.

In 2018, the charity completed some 40,000 patient journeys with a team of 350 volunteers.

Brian has spent the last six months walking the coast of Ireland, meeting with people who have a close association with cancer; doctors, oncologists, politicians, all the Lord Mayors and hundreds of well-wishers.

On his time in Ireland, Brian said: “I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some incredible people, many with first-hand experience of cancer and the daily struggle of getting to and from hospital.

“I am looking forward to meeting the good people of Wales on my walk and highlighting the need for free cancer patient transport.”

Brian and Cheryl have been living in the double decker bus, donated by Stagecoach, called Bluebell.

For more information, to donate to his cause, or to track Brian’s progress around the coast, go to https://www.bluebellcancerpatientcare.org.uk/

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