Four unfit men who grew up on an Epsom estate in the 1970s have cycled all the way to the Norfolk coast to raise £5,000 for charity.

The team, dubbed the Mid Life Crisis Cycling Society, described themselves as "unfit, unlikely and unable" in the run-up to their ambitious bike ride.

But brothers Roger, 62, and Tony Collis, 60, and Martin Knight, 56, and Kevin Merchant, 55, discovered they were fitter than they thought.

The team set off from West Ewell Social Club on Sunday, September 28, and after cycling 200 miles arrived at the village of Docking on the Norfolk coast on Thursday, October 2.

The men, who grew up together on Epsom’s Longmead estate, raised the money for The Residents Enjoyment and Entertainment Society (TREES), which provides leisure activities for disabled people.

Mr Knight, who lives in Epsom, said: "To ride that distance in just a few days, raise that amount of money and drink that much Guinness was a real achievement!"

He added: "We had all be in training before. We weren’t as unfit as we thought we were. It was obviously very tiring and wearing but at no point did any of us four think about giving up.

"It was really enjoyable - a real challenge."

Mr Knight said they got lost a few times but did not have any punctures or injuries and the weather was kind to them. Of the £5,000, he said: "We were thrilled to get that much."

To donate visit https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/1midlifecrisiscyclingsociety