A driving relay covering 2000 miles and over 147 driving lessons will make its way through Kent this weekend - led by real learner drivers.

Driving instructors from across the country are coming together with their students to raise money for BBC Children in Need through the Big Learner Relay.

The event, which started in Northern Ireland on Friday, will carry instructor Louise Walsh from Hampshire, whose idea it was, and the Children in Need Learner roofbox which will be relayed from car to car.

This weekend the relay arrives in Kent. On Saturday it will make its way from Sevenoaks to Maidstone, where a fundraising party will be held in the evening before heading through Hadlow, Tunbridge Wells and Sussex on Sunday.

Paul Bates, landlord of the Bull Inn at Barming is hosting an annual fundraising party on Saturday evening while the relay is in Maidstone overnight.

There will be a hog roast, fireworks and a live band with staff hoping to raise over £500 for Children in Need.

The spots on the cars - which were donated by RTS Creative in Maidstone - have been sponsored by friends and customers and are covered with good luck messages.

Through fundraising, organisers have already raised over £10,000 and the total is constantly climbing.

The relay will end on Friday, November 14 in Birmingham. Keep an eye out for our pictures from the event.

For more info visit: http://www.biglearnerrelay.co.uk