Seven-year-old finishes 145-mile charity challenge

Seven-year-old finishes 145-mile charity challenge 
BBC News, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom; by Brian Farmer; 9/2/24 
A seven-year-old boy has raised more than £600 for charity after walking, cycling and scooting 145 miles over four months. Isaac Yates, from King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, got into the habit of exercising on 1 May and completed his 145-mile (233km) challenge, in aid of the Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice in Peterborough, on 1 September. He has helped walk family dogs Poppy and Summer, ridden his bike, and scooted his scooter until the mileage totted up to his 145 target. The youngster added to the fun by logging his trips on an online Lord of the Rings game - which enabled him to take a virtual 145-mile journey through writer J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle Earth with two Hobbits.
Editor's note: Pair this inspirational fundraising story with today's article from the UK, Crisis in care for dying people says Marie Curie as survey shows suffering.