Countryfile and Good Morning Britain presenter Sean Fletcher has opened up about losing his mum to cancer and his mission to raise awareness of the horrible disease. Sean is not only a TV presenter and father, but he also loves the great outdoors and running.

The Countryfile star has recently teamed up with GO Outdoors and is the new face of the GO Outdoors AW collection. Speaking about the new collection and the benefits that the outdoors has for his own mental health, Sean shared, "So I suppose quite a few of the programmes I do are outdoors, so that's the first thing, and so, it is either you're doing some activity outdoors, or meeting people who work and live outdoors.

"So, it's a real dream job, because you're meeting people who are doing something on the land. They do something outside. It might be a farmer, it might be some activities, a person who jumps off cliffs, or something like that, and they're really passionate about something they do outdoors."

He went on, "I came to this conclusion a long time ago, but it's just so nourishing. It's really great for your mental well-being, and personally, I feel that going out recharges my batteries. Whether you're in a London park or in a place like that, in the middle of nowhere, and you're being battered by the weather. I just feel really nourished, and I feel better, and I always feel better about being outdoors.

"So, yeah, working with GO Outdoors really makes sense, and then we talk about the growing mental health crisis, and obviously, there are serious mental health issues, but there are people who are struggling on a lower level and going out to these things that are all of ours. It's all of our countryside."

The BBC star added, "I just feel really passionate about whether you're the pensioner who lives in a nice village in the Cotswolds, or you're a kid from a disadvantaged background in Manchester, it's all of ours, and it should be accessible to all of us. And part of that is clothing, making it accessible so you can participate in those things.

"They all sort of tie in and kind of by accident, you know, I've got into doing some of these things in my work, and I realised that the outdoors was good for me, and then I thought, 'Oh, actually, it's good for everyone', and then I'm working with GO Outdoors because clothing is an important part of that."

Sean went on to detail some of his favourite items from the collection, which include a Peter Storm 3-in-1 jacket, as the TV presenter went on to point out, "layers are important".

The news reporter, who is also a keen runner, also opened up about losing his mum to cancer and how he ran the London Marathon in her memory. The Go Outdoors ambassador said he was asked by a GMB producer to take part in the London Marathon for the TV show, and while he was apprehensive at first, Sean said it was the best thing he had ever done.

He shared, "So my mum had died of bowel cancer eight years before, and so I was an ambassador for Bowel Cancer UK, and it's emotional, it's hard, it's really hard. But I remember I was crying, and what's so good about the London Marathon is that there are just so many people supporting you.

"Everybody you look at, they're running for someone who's died, or someone's struggling, or a charity that they're raising money for. It's just such a feel-good event, and it was amazing, so I ran around four in a row."

Recalling the moment she died, Sean explained, "It was all quite quick. It was eight years before, but she kind of kept it from me, and didn't tell me that she had bowel cancer. And I lived in Wales, and she lived in East Essex, so quite a long way to get to. It took five hours, so I'd have to arrange trips to come and see her.

"She masked it quite well and made sure she was in the hospital, and then I remember visiting her once when she was ill, and she was in the hospital. I went to the ward, and I remember just looking around, thinking, like, 'gosh, everybody looks very ill'.

"You know, it looked like everybody was very close to death, and so I was like, 'What's going on?' I mean, I'm a journalist. I was like, 'Well, I've got to ask some questions. ' So I asked the doctor, and they said, 'Well, you need to ask your mum, she needs to be the one to tell you'.

"So anyway, I thought, oh, there's something wrong here. So I quizzed them all, and managed to find out, and three and a half weeks later, she was dead."

Sean began to get emotional as he remembered, "It was just horrific, and for two of those weeks, I mean, it actually gets me now, those weeks she didn't talk, so I literally had a week and a half with her because she just spiraled really quickly. It was heartbreaking."

Sean is a proud ambassador for GO Outdoors, the UK's biggest outdoor retailer. Shop his autumn-winter collection online or in-store now.