A grandfather famous for doing charity runs with a fridge strapped to his back has decided to bow out by running the length of Great Britain.

Tony "the fridge" Phoenix-Morrison, from Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, will take on one final gruelling test by running from John O'Groats to Land's End while carrying his 42kg Smeg fridge.

The 1,053 mile challenge, starting on August 3, will see Mr Phoenix-Morrison run 40 marathons in 40 consecutive days as he aims to raise money for the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. He said: "Carrying the fridge is hard and I know I need to draw a line under things."

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.