'I am cycling the length of Spain for my daughter'

Mr Caldow said he was "looking forward" to the challenge

A man has started a challenge to cycle the entire length of Spain to raise money for charity.

Graham Caldow, from Hove in East Sussex, will pedal some 1,000km (621 miles) from Spain's southernmost tip in Tarifa to Bilbao in the north in just 30 days.

He is attempting the feat to fundraise for Team Domenica, a Brighton-based charity that helps people with learning disabilities secure and maintain meaningful employment.

Ms Caldow told the BBC he is determined to aid the charity after it helped his daughter Betsy get a job as a breakfast assistant at a hotel.

'Very, very proud'

"They have made a huge difference in her life," he said.

Betsy, who has additional needs, has worked at the Mercure Hotel on Brighton seafront for two years, starting as an intern, supported by the charity.

She told the BBC before Team Domenica she was "very nervous", but that they had given her the skills and self-confidence to work.

Before setting off on his journey, Mr Caldow told the BBC he was a "bit apprehensive".

Betsy said she enjoys her job at the hotel

"It is a long way and the terrain can be tough," he said. "It is also the loneliness of actually cycling every day."

But Mr Caldow added that he was "looking forward to the challenge".

"It is a chance to think about where we are as a family and the next steps for my daughter.

"We are very, very proud [of her]," he said.