Retired police officer Grahm “Len” Hutton, passed away in 2008 from Mesothelioma and now his friend John Barnes will walk 102 miles in England in order to raise money for Mesothelioma patients and caregivers and to raise awareness for the disease.

Barnes will begin his walk on August 26, 2009, and will start tackling the journey 20 miles a day, and will stay at local bed and breakfast’s along his route. The end goal for Barnes is to raise over $8,000, currently having raised almost $3,000.

Barnes is hoping that others will join him along the way and participate in the walk with him along with offer donations: “I am hoping my walk will not only increase the awareness of mesothelioma, an asbestos-related disease, but also give some of Len’s friends a chance to remember him.”