Santino Sellick speaks about his epic walk from London to Codsall, to raise funds for a charity in memory of his late daughter.
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00:00OK Santino, so this is the day after you returned back from your huge walk from London back
00:07home here in Cotswold, how long did it take you mate, how did it go?
00:13We started on the Thursday, the Thursday the 2nd and arrived on Tuesday the 7th, we just
00:23worked out that the last route of walking, we actually walked 39 hours, goodness me,
00:30with only having an hour and 10 sleep out of that, that's some going isn't it, yeah
00:34the body, emotions, psychologically, the impact of all that has been immense, but the gratitude
00:42that I feel for everybody up and down the country that has supported us, weather, it's
00:47been a hot drink and a hot sandwich, to you know people sharing emotional stories along
00:53the journey, to those that have financially donated to the GoFundMe, Maria's legacy,
00:59because you did it in memory of your late daughter didn't you Maria, yeah who was 17
01:04years old when she passed away, it's all about keeping her memory alive in the fashion that
01:10it should be, not in the parents grief, but in the person that she was, yeah I think we've
01:18achieved that, and again I just want to thank everybody that took part, the team that was
01:23with us, my neighbours Stephen Killacovitch, Dean Turner, Wayne Lacey, that team became
01:29a family, it wasn't the end of a walk, it was the start of something new, fantastic
01:33yeah, and how do you feel Michelle, getting him back, very proud, I'm glad he's back,
01:39he's my hero, it's an amazing achievement really isn't it, yeah it is, they're all legends
01:44all of them, so so proud, I could never thank them enough, fantastic.