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Setting off from the Isle of Wight to walk around the world is the aim of one couple.

Robin Frape and his partner Julie Binnington will set off today (Friday) from their Island home in on the first leg of their mammoth journey.

Its set to raise awareness and money for sight charity RP Fighting Blindness.

Robin has hereditary retinitis pigmentosa (RP) disease and is progressively losing his sight and its forced him to give up his job as a hydrographic surveyor, mapping out the ocean floor.

Robin says:

I ended up having to stop working and find a new way of life. So thats the point Ive come to is to try and find a little bit of purpose. Im hoping I can raise a bunch of awareness and hopefully some money to go to the cause at the same time

The couple are funding the trip themselves and all the money raised will go to RP Fighting Blindness.

They will leave the Island from Yarmouth on Saturday, walk through the New Forest towards Wales and then its up to Scotland before crossing over to Ireland. Theyll walk to the south of Ireland where they will head to Europe to continue their journey.

Robin says:

I will get to a point where Im not going to be able to see properly, everything will just be sort of foggy and distorted to the point that functioning properly is reallynot going to be a possibility but its going to be a great opportunity to basically walk and see everything at eye level and do it slowly and just take everything in while we can.

You can follow their progress on their Facebook page or donate to RP Fighting Blindness by the Just Giving page.

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