A BRITISH Red Cross volunteer from Stourport-on-Severn stopped off in Worcester during a charity walk.
Andrew Spreadbury is walking more than 1,100 miles from Lands End to John O'Groats to raise cash for charity.
The 41-year-old is walking 15 miles a day and hopes to raise £10,000 to allow Deaf Direct to run an annual camp in 2007 or 2008 for the children they work with in Worcestershire and Herefordshire.
But Mr Spreadbury, of Buttermere Road, is not walking it alone - he is accompanied by ResusciAnnie, the dummy used by first aiders when learning how to resuscitate. He got his medical training during service in both the regular and territorial armies, joining the Stourport-based volunteer Red Cross team in 1995.
And he has organised rest-stops at British Red Cross centres along the way, linking them with two-hour Save a Life first aid sessions.
The idea for the walk started off as a joke between the former Army medic and his friends last September but he started on Tuesday, March 20, and stopped in Worcester yesterday to meet the city's Mayor Councillor Ian Imray, and hopes to be in Stourport today.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article