Jo Brand has set off on her Sport Relief trek entitled 'Jo Brand's Hell of a Walk'*. She plans to walk 150 miles across England east to west from Hull to Liverpool. 

The comedian was joined this morning by Great British Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle. Brand has been given plenty of cakes and biscuits to keep her energy up. She said before setting out "My body is a temple... it's big and it doesn't move." She has been in training though and does try to keep fit. Brand was going to do the London marathon a few years ago but injury forced her to pull out.

Follow her progress on #gojo

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*BTJ can't help thinking she should really be walking from Liverpool to Hull and then return to Liverpool so that it can be called 'To Hull and Back'.