Friends rally to raise funds for cancer fight

Two friends are embarking on an extraordinary 15,000-kilometre journey from the Great Wall of China to Paris in memory of Charlie Hunt, brother of former Chancellor Sir Jeremy Hunt MP.

Ed Talbot, from Woking, and James Hall-Smith, both 56, are navigating through 12 countries in a restored 1972 Lancia Fulvia as part of the prestigious Hero-Era Peking to Paris Motor Challenge.

Their expedition honours Charlie, who passed away in August 2023 from spindle cell sarcoma, a rare cancer which accounts for just six out of every 10,000 cancer diagnoses in the UK.

The three had known each other since they were young men. It was Charlie's own adventurous spirit and can-do attitude that inspired James and Ed to take on the challenge.

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