A couple who are walking 6,000 miles around the British mainland coast to raise a huge sum for lifesavers and other causes called in at the lifeboat station in Lyme Regis.

Antony and Sally Brown started their mammoth walk at Bude lifeboat station in Cornwall in May last year - and 325 days later arrived in Lyme Regis.

They are on the last leg of the journey and plan to end their walk at Bude on May 22, a day before Sally’s 60th birthday.

They’ve not been home to Cornwall since last May although they had a few days with family at Christmas and also took some time off to attend their daughter's wedding.

The couple have been taking part in parkruns on their UK tour and have been calling in at RNLI stations along the route, usually being treated to tea and biscuits by the crews.

They know Dorset as Antony's sister used to live in Maiden Newton and they love to visit the county, and particularly enjoyed going to the beach at Burton Bradstock.

Bridport and Lyme Regis News: The walk took its toll on Sally’s feet at one stage near John O’Groats in the far north of Scotland.

Sally, a fitness instructor, said: "I had six weeks of agony with blisters and heel pain, but when we called in at Broughty Ferry lifeboat station a GP gave me an injection which helped a great deal and we were able to carry on."

Antony, a former postman, is keen on statistics and reckons by the end of the walk they will have totalled a distance of 14 times the height of Everest.

He said: “We have always lived by the sea and when we realised the RNLI depended entirely on donations and that it was the charity’s 200th anniversary we decided to set our target at £50,000.”

They also want to support MIND, Cornwall Air Ambulance and parkrun.

The couple’s website to donate and find out more can be found at www.linktree/ukcoastwalk