Tim Gee, who lives near the Old Kent Road, was planning to walk to Canterbury during Holy Week arriving this Easter weekend.
Aware that St Thomas’ Hospital is named after St Thomas Becket whose shrine was at Canterbury, Tim is fundraising for Latin American Women’s Aid refuge.
Not to be stopped by the virus crisis he is ‘walking all the way’ on a treadmill outside his Peckham flat.
He can be seen on BBC London & South East News today (at about 3 minutes in).
The Dean of Canterbury, the Very Revd Robert Willis, is planning to send him a message of welcome.