A seven-year-old who hopes to one day join a Norfolk lifeboat crew raised almost £3,000 for the charity that saves lives at sea.
Johnathon Jarvis walked the 40 miles from his home at Upwell to Hunstanton’s lifeboat station with his dad Lee and mum Kayleigh.
He completed his four-day trek on June 2, after the family braved heavy rain and strong winds along the way.
On Sunday, June 30, the Hunstanton crew was on hand to welcome Johnathon back as he presented a cheque for £2,922.02 to the station.
Water safety lead Kate Craven presented the youngster with a special framed certificate in recognition of his achievement.
Kate said: “We've been saving lives for 200 years and we couldn't carry on doing it without people like you.”
She told Johnathon, who hopes to one day join the RNLI: “You've got 11 more years and then you can do some of the other stuff we do, like saving lives.”
Asked what had inspired his impressive fundraising effort, the young supporter said: “I like the yellow wellies, they drive boats and hovercraft and they save lives.”
Proud mum Kayleigh said her son had originally planned to take things a little easier next year, with a coffee morning in aid of the RNLI.
But she added he has also mentioned taking on another trek, this time from Happisburgh’s lifeboat station, where his uncle Mark is a deputy launch authority, to Hunstanton - a distance of just over 50 miles along the Norfolk coast.
