‘Pain won’t stop my trek’ says man walking British and Irish coastlines for charity

A 22-year-old man walking the entire British and Irish coastlines for charity is determined to continue his three-year trek despite damage to his knee.

Currently on the south coast of Ireland, Alex Ellis-Roswell believes carrying a 20kg rucksack over the Dorset Hills has caused arthritis in one knee and ligament damage in the other.

Physiotherapists in both Ireland and England advised him to quit his charity trek but he is determined to defy the “sometimes numbing” pain.