Cricketing legend Sir Ian Botham continued his latest charity walk today exactly 25 years after his famous first walk from John O’Groats to Land’s End.

Beefy’s Forget Me Not Walk is covering 10 towns in 10 days, until April 19, to raise money for the blood cancer charity Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research.

The former England all-rounder started off from Marks and Spencer, on Sutton High Street, and walked for 10 miles to Epsom Downs Racecourse.

Beefy got involved with fundraising for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research after a chance meeting with a group of children, with little chance of surviving the disease, in a Taunton hospital in 1985.

Since then he has raised more than £10million for the charity and his inspirational efforts were rewarded when he was knighted in 2007.

Sir Ian, who is also president of Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, said: “We’ve been blessed with the weather and the public have really helped out.

“The response has been exceptional as we’ve had over 100 people walking every day and thatt’s made a big difference.

“It’s a great cause and hope people from Sutton and Epsom can come andhave a good time, that’s what it’s about help out.

“We were in a situation 25 years ago when we did that first walk there was a 20 per cent chance of survival, now it’s a 90 per cent chance, so that’s a pretty big incentive.”

Asked whether he found the walks more difficlut now he’s in his fifties, Sir Ian said: “When I first started I used to roll out of bed and go.”

“But I have to say that I’ve trained very hard for this for six weeks because I’m 54 not 34, so it takes a little bit longer for the body to get going in the mornings.”

Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research is the only UK charity solely dedicated to research into blood cancers, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

These cancers are diagnosed in around 28,500 children, teenagers and adults in the UK every year.

It is estimate that £120 million is needed in the next five years to continue this life-saving research.

For more information visit lresearch.org.uk or call 020 7405 0101.