Edward is from Croydon, and not to put too fine a point on it, he likes walking. We're not just talking about walking to and from East Croydon here - 2650 miles is a bit more serious than that I think.

Having previously walked the span of Central America the length and breadth of Europe, his project for 2018 is to walk from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Coast of the USA, and to raise as much money for young people overcoming homelessness in south London as he can.