{"id":1482,"date":"2012-04-05T13:04:49","date_gmt":"2012-04-05T13:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1482"},"modified":"2012-04-05T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2012-04-05T13:04:49","slug":"man-walking-length-of-uk-with-h4h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/man-walking-length-of-uk-with-h4h\/","title":{"rendered":"Man walking length of UK with H4H"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man is walking the length of the UK as he seeks to raise cash for an armed forces charity.<\/p>\n<p>Former builder Melvyn Smith is undertaking the 1,000-mile challenge in order to collect much-needed funds for Help for Heroes (H4H), the Carmarthen Journal reports.<\/p>\n<p>For ten-to-12 weeks, he will be lacing up his boots as he bids to make it from Land's End to John O'Groats.<\/p>\n<p>Initially Mr Smith was only looking to get a couple of hundred pounds, but within a month he had already reached &pound;3,000.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about H4H, he 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