A heartbroken man who lost his fiancée to cancer three months ago is walking her ashes all the way to Ghana on foot to fulfil the last promise he made to her.

Daniel Forrester lost his partner Caroline Sarpong, 45, on November 11 after a battle with colon cancer.

Now he is embarking on a 5000-mile trip from the hospice Caroline spent her finals day in, all the way to Kumasi in Ghana - a special place to the late mum-of-two.

It is a dangerous trip across the African continent, which will see him pass through areas of “extreme heat”, political unrest and even face potential threats of “kidnapping”.

But the 47-year-old is determined to complete the year-long expedition to spread Caroline’s ashes in the place she called home from age seven to 19.

Although his final itinerary has not been confirmed yet, his current route will take him through Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, the Ivory Coast and into Ghana.

Daniel, formerly of Littlebrook Manor Way in Dartford, said: “Crossing Guinea and the Ivory Coast means travelling near the borders of Mali and Burkina Faso, where the threat of kidnapping of westerners is extremely high from Islamic extremists.

“There are lots of dangers to this challenge, from the extreme heat of the desert and big cats to chimps in the jungle.

“Then of course we have the human threat of kidnapping, robberies and extortion, and political unrest in a few of the countries.”

But the dad-of-three, who will give up his work as a landscaper to complete the trek, is determined to fulfil his promise to Caroline.

It was during one of the last conversation’s that Daniel and Caroline had before she passed away, when he told her he intended to walk her ashes to Ghana to “take her home”.

Recalling Caroline’s response, her words were: “Would you do that for me?”

“Of course I would,” Daniel replied, as he remembers her being so happy to hear this.”

Despite a previous stint in remission and various stints of chemotherapy and treatment, in November last year, Caroline passed away, less than 10 months after the pair had got engaged.

Recalling the day he had met his fiancée in January 2023, Daniel said: “I was struck by her beauty, her kindness, her selflessness and her zest for life.

“She was everything I’d ever wanted for a partner.”

But shortly after they met, mum-of-two Caroline, was told her cancer had spread and by Christmas that same year she was told it was “never going to go away”.

It was when Caroline began holding her nose a lot that the doctor found a tumour on her brain and a biopsy revealed the worse - she had cancer.

Despite this, Daniel remembers a two-week window where Caroline’s health “appeared to be great”.

Thinking back to this time, he said: “She was beaming, and she looked amazing and was full of life again.”

Not long after this Caroline began losing her eyesight, which he says is the only time he had seen his fiancé’s mood drop.

After a bout of radiotherapy in September 2024, Caroline’s health deteriorated, and she suggested moving to a hospice for symptom management.

It was while at St Francis Hospice in Romford, Essex that Caroline had said in the event she died, she would be cremated.

Now as part of his walk, Daniel is fundraising for the hospice who looked after Caroline in the final stage of her life. You can donate here.

He said: “Caroline was looked after so amazingly well by the hospice, they were brilliant, they were first-class.”

The walk, which begins on September 20, will start at the hospice, before the dad-of-three heads through Dartford, Faversham, Folkestone and Dover, before travelling through many countries in Europe before reaching Africa.

As part of his walk, Daniel will be heading to Folkestone for one night as it was a “place she loved” and where the couple share happy memories together.

The journey will be documented on his Facebook account - The Carovan of Love.

Daniel added: “My aim now is to raise as much money for charity as humanly possible.”