MADAM, – We've just passed the 40th anniversary of the end of Kelvin Bowers's epic 10,500-mile run from Britain to Australia.It took him 18 months to complete the run, arriving in Sydney in September, 1975.Kelvin ran to raise funds for the Ladsandads organisation and in the end raised more than £50,000.He decided to embark on this great run after visiting his parents in Fenton.With some friends and a bloke named Jeff to drive the van, they set off in April, 1974.The Met refused to...
