Bahrain-based British expatriate Mark Gordon is making waves in the UK after he led a group of Royal Marine veterans on a gruelling 1,490-kilometre march to raise money for charity.
The members of the squad began their run, calling it the ‘Bootneck Yomp 25’, on October 31 from John O’Groats, Scotland, and ended last Saturday, November 8, at Land’s End in Cornwall. This iconic route – which wends its way across the entire length of the UK – is a challenge that many people take on each year.
“Although we’ve each done previous charity marching and running events, as well as marathons, the idea for this ‘Yomp’ came about when one of my colleagues said, ‘Let’s make it harder than anything we have done in the past’ and for this one, we decided to support both military and civilian charities,” 53-year-old Mr Gordon, who resides in Amwaj Islands, told the GDN.
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