A Brexit march which started in Sunderland and is making its way to London has passed through the North Yorkshire countryside.

More than 100 supporters walked the 15 miles from Ripon to Knaresborogh on Tuesday to demand the UK leaves the EU on 29 March.

But Nigel Farage, who repeatedly publicised the event and suggested he would be taking part, was nowhere to be seen.

“He will walk some days but he has other commitments,” John Longworth, chairman of Leave Means Leave, which organised the march, told The Independent.

Walkers carried Union Jack flags, waved banners at passing cars, and broke into occasional chants. One held a pikestaff spearing a picture of Conservative politician Philip Hammond’s head. The day finished in a Wetherspoon pub.

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“We are here because we passionately believe in democracy,” said Roger Tattersall, a 55-year-old IT contractor from Leeds.

“Political elites in London are trying to get round the will of the people, and we will not let them.”

A couple of trucks displaying Remain campaign slogans followed the group along many of the narrow country roads.

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On Wednesday, the group – 50 marchers who plan to walk every day to London plus day walkers – will push on south to Pontefract.