'Sleepwalking' for six miles

A group of men from Merseyside will take sleepwalking almost too literally this weekend.

The quartet are talking part in the six-mile Jospice Challenge walk along Crosby seafront - and will do so while carrying a double bed.

Hundreds of walkers are set to get involved in the race, which is being held to raise money for a local hospice, the Crosby Herald reports.

However, few of them will be taking on the extra burden of a large bed when they set off.

"We are all quite active and walking six miles is something we do every other day so we wanted to make it more of a challenge," sad James Douglas, one of the brave four.

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