A seven year old boy has raised more than £1,500 for Shelter through a 100 mile bike ride.
Joss Nicholls and his dad Chris, who live in Kendal, embarked on a four day bike ride from Newcastle to Berwick upon Tweed, racking up 101.76 miles, 1428m of elevation and £1,563 donations.
Joss wanted to raise money for Shelter, a homelessness charity, after visiting London and being shocked at how many people were sleeping rough.
He said: "I've been to London a few times but this time I think because I was a bit older and I understand what homelessness meant it really struck me."
Joss and his parents then brainstormed ways in which he could raise money for charity and the idea for the bike ride grew.
Chris said: "We have had just a lovely experience, even before we got on the train, the conductor on the platform sponsored us a tenner, it was really sweet.
"People have just seemed to really engage with it."
On the Sunday morning the pair battled through some heavy rain but had a "lovely experience" in café Pipers Pitch, where they were given free hot drinks and gained three more sponsors.
The duo did crash once, with Chris's bike suffering minor damage, and Joss did take a fall but got straight back up and carried on.
Chris said: "Other than that he's been grand, he's just smashed it out and peddled all the way."
Joss is "really pleased" at the amount of money he has raised saying: "I thought maybe a bit more than £500 but it's way more."
Despite some sore legs, feeling tired and being very hungry Joss kept pushing on.
His favourite parts were when the road was smooth so he could peddle quickly.
When Joss returned arrived home at Oxenholme Train Station he was met with a crowd of supporters made up of his school friends, parents and a "very proud" mum and sister.
Even his Teddy bear was holding a 'We love you Joss' banner.
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