{"id":1858,"date":"2012-11-21T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T13:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1858"},"modified":"2012-11-21T13:36:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T13:36:10","slug":"man-walking-6500-miles-for-h4h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/man-walking-6500-miles-for-h4h\/","title":{"rendered":"Man walking 6,500 miles for H4H"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former soldier Christian Nock is walking 6,500 miles in order to raise funds for Help for Heroes (H4H).<\/p>\n
He is going to trek the coastlines of England, Scotland and Wales as he seeks to collect £10,000 for the military charity, the Barnstaple People reports.<\/p>\n
The epic challenge, which is the equivalent of walking from John O'Groats to Lands' End seven-and-half-times over, is expected to take between 18 months and two years.<\/p>\n
Mr Nock is carrying all of his own equipment and sleeping rough, while he is also relying on the goodwill of the people he meets to help him get food.<\/p>\n
He started off from Blackpool on September 8th 2012 and managed to reach the coastal village of Braunton by November 20th – which represents a distance of over 600 miles.<\/p>\n
Mr Nock is already on his sixth pair of walking boots, while he has come down with a cold three times.<\/p>\n
Posted by Simon Williams
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Christian Nock is going to be walking for the next 18 months to two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-support-soldiers"],"yoast_head":"\n