A erstwhile Traitors finalist has acceptable disconnected from the famed Inverness castle wherever the deed TV amusement was filmed connected a trek crossed Scotland and Wales for a encephalon wounded charity.
Andrew Jenkins, who hails from Talbot Green successful southbound Wales, has begun a 1200km (750 miles) travel implicit 42 days for Headway - a encephalon wounded charity.
The 46-year-old, who was a finalist successful the 2nd bid of the BBC hit show, has embarked from Ardross Castle successful Inverness, and hopes to mean 30 to 35km a day.
Before heading disconnected connected his lengthy trek, the TV property has already raised implicit £22,500 and hopes to deed his people of £100,000.
The Welsh security broker has taken up the situation aft a superior car mishap dashed his rugby dreams and near him successful a coma for 4 weeks astatine the property of 21-years-old.
The Traitors finalist Andrew Jenkins has acceptable disconnected connected a 1200km trek crossed the state successful a bid to rise £100,000 for a encephalon wounded charity
The Welsh security broker aims to extremity up astatine Cardiff Castle (Pictured) successful his autochthonal state of Wales by the extremity of November
'On August 28, 1999, I was progressive successful a precise superior roadworthy postulation mishap wherever my imagination of playing rugby for Wales was taken from me, and my beingness was rewritten,' helium told Headway.
'Driving location from a wedding, my instrumentality deed the curb and I flipped the car onto its side. I was thrown retired of the driver's window.
'I slid on the level past and arsenic soon arsenic my caput deed the floor, I was unconscious. I was dragged on the level for a mates of 100 yards and the car was sliding. When it finished sliding, it was leaning connected apical of me.
'It was precise interaction and go, they took maine to the Royal Gwent successful Newport the infirmary not acold from wherever the mishap had happened,' helium added.
'There was thing they could bash for maine there, truthful I had a constabulary escort to the Morriston Hospital successful Swansea due to the fact that that's wherever neurology and integrative country were.
'While each this was going on, my parents had a sound connected the doorway from the policeman to accidental that I'd been progressive successful a roadworthy postulation accident, that it was rather superior and to travel consecutive away.
'My parents astatine the time, were getting acceptable for furniture truthful they were successful their nightwear. My parent says she recalls that nighttime each azygous time since it happened 24 years ago.'
At the time, Andrew's household and friends were warned that helium whitethorn ne'er aftermath up, and that if helium did his intelligence and carnal abilities whitethorn beryllium severely impacted.
However, the Traitors contestant bushed the likelihood and learnt however to locomotion again, but continued to endure 'for twenty-odd years successful silence'.
The world TV prima (Pictured) is taking connected the situation for Headway, aft his rugby dreams were dashed successful a car mishap astatine the property of 21 leaving successful him successful a coma and yet having to re-learn however to walk
His lengthy travel volition statesman astatine Ardross Castle successful Inverness (Pictured) wherever The Traitors is filmed, which helium described arsenic 'a spot that changed my life'
Now helium is taking connected the UK-wide challenge, journeying from Scotland to Cardiff Castle successful his autochthonal location state of Wales.
The travel volition spot him sojourn respective renowned castles including Lancaster Castle and Carrickfergus Castle successful Northern Ireland.
Reflecting connected wherefore he began his travel from the Traitors castle, helium said it was the 'perfect' location as it was 'a spot that changed my life'.
He continued: 'Headway does unthinkable enactment to enactment survivors of encephalon injuries and their families arsenic it tin person a immense interaction connected each of their lives too, arsenic my household and I recovered retired pursuing my accident.
'I'm besides undertaking this situation for everyone retired determination who has been told they can't bash something, who deliberation they can't execute anything, and who person mislaid their self-belief.
'I privation to amusement them that adjacent though beingness tin consciousness impossibly hard astatine times, there's ever a mode guardant - virtually 1 measurement aft the adjacent tin instrumentality you a agelong way.'
Along the 42-day journey, helium hopes to mean betwixt 30km to 35km daily, whilst visiting Lancaster Castle (Pictured) arsenic good as Carrickfergus Castle successful Northern Ireland
During the trek Andrew volition besides springiness talks connected wellbeing and intelligence wellness to a fig of sports and assemblage groups.
Jen Murgatroyd, Headway's manager of fundraising, said the foundation was 'immensely grateful' for Andrew's efforts.
A 3rd bid of the Traitors has already been filmed successful Inverness, with a personage variation and a 4th bid having besides been commissioned.
Since its motorboat successful 2022, The Traitors has proved to beryllium a deed show, with astir 7 cardinal radical tuning successful to the last occurrence of the 2nd play earlier this year.
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