WELLINGTON will be one of the first points of call for television presenter Jeff Stelling’s ambitious charity walk.

Sky Sports host Jeff is lacing up his walking boots to kick off a 15-day challenge where he plans to walk the equivalent of 15 marathons for Prostate Cancer UK.

Last year Mr Stelling and his friend Russ Green completed a 10-day challenge which raised more than £420,000.

Starting in Exeter on June 2, the first leg of the challenge will see Mr Stelling walk to Wellington AFC, before continuing on for the rest of his journey visiting a variety of football clubs.

Stelling said: “After the agony and ecstasy of the walk last year, particularly the agony, so many people have been in touch with stories of their battle against prostate cancer, who wanted to say thank you to me, to Russ Green, and to Prostate Cancer UK for their support.

“It makes me feel very humble but it also makes me feel very gratified that I’m in position where I can do something.

"Prostate Cancer kills one man ever hour in the UK, and I just decided I couldn’t sit on my backside and do nothing about it. I can put one foot in front of the next and hopefully raise awareness and raise funds to help men beat this diabolical disease.

“We also wanted a fresh route and because they shared the same ground name, we thought we would see how far it was between Exeter and Newcastle, and it’s worked out well.

"Crucially, it gives us that opportunity to go to parts of the country that we’ve not been to before to get our message over to people who maybe didn’t hear that message as loudly last time round. So that will be in the West Country, starting down in Exeter we’ll be heading north relentlessly and ending in St James’ Park one of the great football grounds, where I know we will get a fantastic welcome from all Geordies.”

To find out more about Mr Stelling’s challenge visit prostatecanceruk.org/jeffsmarch.