HI Island plodder. When I first did it as a sponsored walk we started at 3 in the morning after a salubrious evening in the pub followed by a two hours kip in the back of a transit. I think now it will be a two day walk with a decent nights sleep before, during and after. I believe, but may be totally wrong that it was first walked by a group seeking sponsorship for The Samaritans Organisation. I also have no idea whether it is still as popular as it was then. My main memory is the view from the hills above Guisborough looking over the hell hole that was industrial Teesside as the sun rose, steam, smoke and flames. Industrial filth on a huge scale.