Walker takes on epic charity walk supported by bus-based motorhome

3,000 miles and a year of walking, charity trekkker Brian Burnie has reached north Wales, ably supported by a double decker bus-based motorhome called Bluebell.

Brian Burnie began his epic 7,000 mile walk on 5th March 2018 from the Baltic, Gateshead to raise awareness, promote and expand the Gosforth-based charity, Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care. At this time, just a year later, Brian has walked the entire coastal path of Northumberland, Scotland, Cumbria, Lancashire in to Merseyside and North Wales.

Brian has met with major cancer centres throughout Scotland and Cumbria and is excited about forthcoming meetings: “We have appointments with oncologists and medical teams in Liverpool and Wales in the near future to discuss the possibility of the Daft as a Brush transport service operating in these areas.”

Walking up to 20 miles in a single day, is punishing for the 74 year old who also deals with the effects of Parkinson’s disease. “Each year we transport 40,000 cancer patients from their homes to and from hospital who require chemotherapy and / or radiotherapy cancer treatment. If we can replicate what we do in the northeast all over Great Britain and Ireland, we could help so many patients on their journey to recovery.”

Brian’s dream to take the charity nationwide and create 1,000,000 free cancer patient journeys could be turning in to a reality one step at a time. His next stop is Dublin as he begins a six-month trek around Ireland.

You can follow Brian’s walk and discover more at bluebellbus.org.uk