Man skateboarding 1,500 miles from UK to Africa

Meet the man attempting to skateboard 1,500 miles from Britain to - Morocco.

Sam Allison, 21, is skateboarding from his home in Brighton to Tangier to raise money for mental health charity the Ben Raemers Foundation.

He decided to take on the challenge after struggling with his own mental health issues - which he says skateboarding "saved" him from.

Mr Allison, who saved up funds from his job at UberEats to tackle the trip, estimates it will take him between 50 and 60 days, meaning he has to travel around 30 miles each day.

While enroute, he also has to carry a "huge" backpack - filled with a tent, sleeping bag, all of his clothes, and even a massage gun.

Mr Allison is currently in Chartres, a French town just outside Paris, and is heading to Bordeaux - where he's due to meet up with some friends.

From there, he'll skate down through Spain and towards Gibraltar, before crossing the Strait of Gibraltar via ferry to get to Morocco.

So far, Mr Allison has raised £1,515 of his £1,800 goal. You can donate to his GoFundMe here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/skating-to-africa-brighton-to-tangier