Teenager raises cash in coast-to-coast trek

Kallum Mitchell, from Melton Mowbray, completed the famous Wainwright “coast-to-coast” walk from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire.

He raised more than £1,200 for Help for Heroes after he was inspired to take on the challenge by his teacher Teresa Woods, who tragically lost her son Marcin Wojtak in 2009.

Mr Wojtak was killed while serving as part of the 34 Squadron RAF Regiment, based at RAF Leeming in North Yorkshire.

The squadron lent Kallum their battle flag for the trek after he wrote to them and asked if he could fly the flag from his back-pack. Ithad accompanied the squadron on every detachment to Afghanistan since they first deployed there nearly 10 years ago.

To help, the RAF Leeming Station Charities Committee raised £340.

Kallum’s father Mitch Mitchell, who joined his son on the walk, said: “He thought the world of Mrs Woods and Kallum was quite affected by the loss of Marcin.

“He wanted to do something that would be remembered for ever and demonstrate how tough it was for Mrs Woods.”