Sky's no limits
10:34, 14 May 2009
updated: 10:34, 14 May 2009
If you spot this bunch of burly men in hi-visiblity vests striding through town today, you might want to stop and congratulate them.
For the group are Sky engineers on a mission to raise money for a colleague who died prematurely from leukaemia.
The Steve Noakes memorial walk is the brainchild of co-worker Malcolm Macdonald who is walking from Littlehampton in West Sussex to Greenwich in London - gathering colleagues from each region along the way.
Today was the turn of Dartford's crew who joined the 46-year-old father of four at Higham before plodding the 12.7 miles to Dartford town centre.
Malcolm said: "Steve was only young and had a young family. He became ill and died very shortly after. I lost my brother to leukaemia when he was nine years old and I just thought I had to do something for the cause.
"It's been tough going but the support has been amazing."
The team expect to complete the task tomorrow (Friday).
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