Tom Daley begins gruelling four-day challenge for Comic Relief

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Tom Daley has set off on a homecoming challenge that will see him tackle a gruelling four-day journey from London to Plymouth by foot, water, boat and bike, to raise money for Comic Relief. If I’m honest, I didn’t know if I was going to make it to Tower Bridge, but I did my best.” Comic Relief challenge veteran Davina McCall and Daley’s diving partner Matty Lee, with whom he won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, were both present to wave him off on his challenge. Lee, 23, asked the British public to get behind his diving partner, saying: “I wish Tom the best of luck and I’m so proud of the amazing challenge he’s undertaking and hope the great British public get behind him and offer their support in the same way they did with us in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.” Daley’s challenging journey will be documented for a special BBC One and iPlayer documentary airing in March, ahead of the return of Comic Relief’s Red Nose day on March 18.