A Stebbing physiotherapist will attempt to set a new world record for circumnavigating the M25 motorway.
Ashley Spivack, 57, will walk non-stop around the 158-mile orbital motorway on Saturday, June 22 to raise money for The Tabora League for Children (TLC).
To break the recod, Ashley will have to walk for two days and two nights without stopping, aiming to complete the journey in under 43 hours 58 minutes and 20 seconds.
Ashley Spivack at work as a physiotherapist (Image: Supplied)
He is currently training for the walk, and has already raised £25,000.
Ashley said: "I have never been one for sitting down for too long. However, this will be very challenging.
"Walking on the motorway is, of course, prohibited but I will use the embankment of the motorway and A and B roads to stay as close to the 'road to hell' as possible.
"The aim is just to finish it but I am also going to try and complete the walk within 48 hours. If my body fails me I will lay down in a bivvy bag in 'out of the way' locations."
Ashley is inviting companies to join the individuals supporting his world record attempt at https://app.goodhub.com/tabora-league-for-children-tlc-8565.
The money raised will go towards TLC's work with vulnerable children and young people in Tanzania, providing food, clean water and other support so they can regularly attend school.
Ashley, who is married with two daughters, was inspired to raise money for Tanzania after first visiting in 1984.
Since then, he has raised money for numerous charity projects in the country, including arranging and financing the building of sanitation facilities, providing bicycles for vulnerable girls to get to school and paying school fees for the poorest children in Tanzania.
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Outside of his fundraising, Ashley works as a physiotherapist in Newbury Park in Greater London.
He said: "I would be so grateful for any donations, as this is such a worthy cause which transforms young people’s lives.
"I have seen with my own eyes the wonderful work this charity is doing, and what a difference they are making to improve the life chances of some of the most disadvantaged young people on our planet."
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