Swindon Town fans walk 147 miles to Chesterfield game for charity

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Swindon Town fans walk 147 miles to Chesterfield game for charity
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Innes Miles and Jordan Brooks walked from Swindon to Chesterfield over eight days.

"Everything is aching, but we are driven to succeed," said Innes Miles and Jordan Brooks Innes Miles and Jordan Brooks set off from Swindon Town's County Ground on 2 Aug and arrived at Chesterfield's SMH Group Stadium in Derbyshire on Friday 9 August ahead of the 20:00 BST kick off.

Their challenge has raised more than £6,000 for Alzheimer's Society and the National Autistic Society - two causes which are close to their hearts."That was certainly something that will forever stand out," he added.Mr Miles joked the key to getting on well over the eight-day journey was walking "about 20m behind the whole walk".Mr Brooks said it was his "ridiculous idea" to embark on the challenge.

Mr Brooks said: "If you set yourself something - no matter how difficult it is - there’s so many people behind you and two great charities we’re doing it for.The pair reached their destination after a "gruelling" eight days of walkingHe is now on crutches and said his advice to anyone wanting to do a similar challenge was: "Maybe train a bit more, maybe scope it out a little bit better than we did, we kind of did it on a bit of a wing, but it all worked.

Asked whether he would do the challenge again, Mr Brooks answered: "I said no, but I'm the stupid one that thought of it in the first place. Never say never."Woman arrested after man found with serious head injuriesDad and daughter’s cycle ride for ‘little miracle’

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