Clive Daniels, aged 63, has single-handedly raised £100,000 for a cancer charity in 11 years of pounding Bristol's streets.

Mr Daniels has notched up almost 250 miles through three Bristol half-marathons and eight London marathons while raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.

He has also taken part in a further five London marathons for other cancer charities in the last 25 years.

Mr Daniels, of Yate, reached £104,000 when he raised £12,000 through sponsorship for this year's Reebok Bristol Half Marathon.

This week he handed over the money at Macmillan's fundraising office in Kingswood.

That money could cover the cost of providing nursing care for just over two years or a Macmillan rehabilitation support team for a year, including recruitment and training.

It could help 104,000 people receive correct information on cancer by providing leaflets on living with the disease and where to find support.

Macmillan spends £29,250 a year for a benefits advisor to work in a Citizen's Advice Bureau, hospital or information centre, which could be covered for three years with the money raised by Mr Daniels.

The semi-retired, part-time gardener, said: "I lost a couple of close relatives to cancer some time ago and saw the Macmillan nurses in action. It really brought home how caring they are. They provide complete support for patients and their families as well.

"It is very satisfying that I have been able to raise such an amount of money and I can see that it makes a difference."

Mr Daniels does two to three "short" runs a week, of about four miles, and then in the lead-up to a marathon does one longer run of about 13 to 14 miles.

On top of his training schedule, Mr Daniels also heads out to different parts of the city, knocking on doors and asking for sponsorship from about 1,000 people.

He said: "I go to about 35 roads in the area where I live and do shops and businesses in quite a wide area. And I do Fishponds, Kingswood and Downend.

"The shops and businesses have got used to me calling – they almost expect me.

"It was harder this year because one or two businesses had closed down, or were finding it difficult and couldn't spare money.

"I would like to thank everyone who sponsors me.

"I always send out thank you letters, because it lets people know where their money has gone."

Clive has no plans to hang up his running shoes yet, but said he never looks too far ahead.

"Whenever sponsors ask me if I'll be running next year, I always say I will see how I feel," he said.

Deshni Pyndiah of Macmillan's Kingswood fundraising office, said: "We cannot thank Clive enough for the hard work he undertakes every year to change the lives of people affected by cancer.

"We could not do the work we do without people such as Clive."

Clive, is married to Francesca, and has a son Alex, 18, who is at university in Leeds and a daughter Chloe, 17, who is a pupil at Katharine Lady Berkeley's School.