Day 01
Edinburgh
Roll-out from Edinburgh. Cold start, quiet streets and the strange calm that comes before something this big actually begins.
“You can't ride 1,800 miles today. You can ride today's miles.”
The Longest Round
Edinburgh
to Morocco.
1,800+ miles. Four stages. Two seas. One purpose.
The challenge
The Longest Round is an endurance journey from Scotland to Morocco, undertaken by former IBF World Middleweight Champion Darren Barker and the team around him, raising money and awareness for the suicide prevention charity CALM. Mitch is part of that team and is documenting the road as it happens.
The challenge is also undertaken in memory of Ricky Hatton, a CALM ambassador and an important voice around mental health.
Every mile is in aid of CALM — Campaign Against Living Miserably.
Interactive route
Four stages. Two seas.
Live journey tracker
Where the team is now
Live distance, location and fundraising figures appear here as the team reports them from the road. We publish verified numbers only.
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Raised for CALM
Target £100,000 goal
Live totals are shown on the official JustGiving page — we don't publish an unverified figure here.
This is bigger
than the distance.
The Longest Round exists to raise money for CALM and to support suicide prevention work across the UK.
Just as importantly, it exists to make difficult conversations a bit more ordinary — to reduce stigma, and to remind people that reaching out, early and honestly, matters.
It continues a message that Ricky Hatton, a CALM ambassador, spoke about openly and helped many people hear.
If you're struggling, CALM's helpline and webchat are free, anonymous and open every day. thecalmzone.net
The man at the front
Darren Barker
Former IBF World Middleweight Champion
Darren is the reason this exists. He's the one riding the length of Britain, then swimming the Channel, then riding across a continent, then swimming from Europe into Africa.
Mitch is part of the team and the journey around the challenge — documenting the road, the setbacks, the good days and the people the team meets along the way.
What you notice quickly is how little of it looks like sport. Most of it is logistics, food, weather and getting back on the bike when nobody would blame you for not.
Mitch × Darren
More than a challenge.
The content from this journey is about what happens between the big moments — conversations, humour, fatigue, setbacks, roadside stops, meals, training, travel, and the people met along the way. The reality of taking on something this large, filmed as it happens.
The journey
Daily diary
Day 02
On the road, Northern England
Head down, into the wind, into the routine. The first day where the scale of the thing stops being an idea and starts being a road.
Day 03
On the road
Diary entries, distances, photography and stream replays are added here day by day as the team moves south.
Live from the roadLive now
Live from the road
The 720-Hour Stream — live around the clock on Kick
Content wall
From the road
Photos, vertical video, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Kick clips are added here throughout the challenge.
In the news
Coverage
Donate to The Longest Round
Every donation goes to CALM via the official JustGiving campaign.
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