'tough day'
Homes Under The Hammer star Martin Roberts reveals he’s halfway through 26-hour ‘mercy dash’ to drop supplies in Ukraine
HOMES Under The Hammer star Martin Roberts has revealed he's halfway through a 26-hour "mercy dash" in Ukraine.
The TV star took to Twitter in a video update as he admitted he had been driving through the night through France.
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Martin, 58, looked exhausted as he filmed from his phone standing behind a van packed from top to bottom with supplies.
He admitted he had only slept a few hours as he prepared for the second leg of his journey across Germany and Poland.
It comes days after the star revealed his plans to drive the packed van across Europe to help those affected by Putin's attacks in Ukraine.
He asked his fans for song choices to get him through the long drive as he admitted he was fuelled on "wine gums and lots of Red Bull".
Martin told fans how he felt he held a "massive responsibility" to safely deliver the supplies to Ukraine's border with Poland.
"I've managed a few hours sleep and yes, it's a really tough day today, it's another 13 hours on the road," he explained.
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"Took a ferry from Dover to Calais, and onwards through France, Belgium and The Netherlands, and heading for Germany.
"But I'm so tired I think I'll have to overnight in a hotel and continue onwards to Poland early morning."
Many of his fans reached out to express their concern that the TV presenter had taken on too much trying to drive 26 hours in one go.
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"Drive carefully Martin, if you need a rest then stop and take one," one wrote. "It's more important that the aid arrives than when it arrives."
A second chimed in: "Wonderful act of kindness, Martin. Safe travels."
Last week, Martin was seen breaking down in tears outside of Costco as he tried to buy Calpol in bulk for Ukrainian children in bulk.
He was allegedly only allowed to buy two bottles at a time, and took to Instagram to share his frustration at the lack of help from Costco.
"I wonder if Costco had some collection bins that people could just put donations in it would avoid this situation. Help me try to make it happen," Martin wrote.
He told the camera: "So listen, like you, I’m properly just really at a loss in terms of what I can do to help with what’s going on in Ukraine.
"So I’ve come to Costco and I’ve just been buying lots of things like Pampers, kids stuff, Tampax and other bits and pieces.
"You know, things for kids because it’s the kids, you know, [they’re] everything. So I’ve been trying to buy some Calpol and I’m only allowed to buy two, right?
"And I know there’s some sort of sicko limit or some limit that they’ve put on that stops under normal circumstances people buying lots of Calpol.'
He then added: "So some people in the queue behind me and some people in the queue at the side of me both bought four bottles for me so I managed to get more.
"And I offered them the money, it was about ten quid for four, and they wouldn’t take it.
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"So there are such good people out there and everybody’s trying to do their bit and if you just give them a route to do it."
Starting to cry, he added: "Because we’ve got to do what we can, right?"
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