Speedo Mick shares story of mental health struggle during lockdown after epic John O'Groats to Land's End challenge

Tap above to hear Speedo Mick's story, told in his own words - and keep reading to find out about his next epic challenge

Speedo Mick, the man famous for completing gruelling challenges for charity in little more than his swimming trunks, has spoken of the difficult mental health challenges he faced during lockdown.

"I've never experienced being that low in the 19 years of being in recovery to be honest and I seriously considered suicide," said Mick.

"I told my brother how I was feeling and left to my own devices I honestly think it would have turned out really, really badly," he added.

In 2019 Mick set off on 1,000 mile journey from John O'Groats to Land's End. He finished the epic challenge in February last year, just before lockdown hit.

But Mick is already looking to the future, getting back in his stride - and thinking about his next fundraising challenge.

"I'm on the cusp of doing a 2,000 mile charity walk - the last one was 1,000 miles and we've doubled it to 2,000 miles but it won't be so cold this time!" said Mick.

"We're starting off in Stornaway and we're doing five capitals which is London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and Dublin.

"The purpose of this walk is to give a quarter of a million pounds to charity along the way and that's with the money raised from the last 1,000 mile walk. So this is where all the hard work and freezing myself is going to pay off!" he added.

For more information about fundraising for Speedo Mick's 'Giving Back Tour', click here.