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10-year-old Harry cycles for hedgehogs

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Harry is raising money for Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital

Meet Harry - also known as HedgyHarry.

He is cycling over 2000 miles across the UK - all in aid of hedgehogs.

With his dad he is completing a ride starting from Cornwall all the way to North Scotland and back to Cornwall to raise money for Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital.

Staff at the wildlife hospital care for over 12,000 injured and orphaned animals every year - including Harry's favourite animal, hedgehogs!

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Harry wanted to meet Scouts across the UK on his journey

This isn't Harry's first challenge to raise money for Hedgehogs, last year he cycled from Land's End to John O'Groats.

He thought this year's challenge would be... more challenging!

Along the journey, Harry is also meeting up with local Scout groups.

Harry said: "Last year I did Jogle (John O’Groats) with my dad and thought I would like to try and do something more challenging.

"The moors of County Durham almost broke me! Two massive hills in the same day.

"I also wanted to meet and play games with Scouts across the UK.

"Early on we got to play lots of hide and seek in the woods, however, after the holidays started we could only do this on Scout camps."

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"The moors of County Durham almost broke me! 2 massive hills in the same day"

Harry has been cycling for over 40 days on this challenge so far and says he has been having 'lots of fun adventures'.

But, why is he raising money for hedgehogs? It all comes down to one that made its way into his garden when he was six.

"When I was six, my mummy called me out into the garden and pointed out a hedgehog, it was really cute and she explained that they might go extinct, so I thought I would try and make a difference." Harry said.

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"The challenge is going good so far, I have had lots of fun adventures, although we are on day 40 now, I wish we could be closer to Land’s End"

And when it comes to finishing his epic adventure, Harry has a few things he is looking forward to...

"I am looking forward to seeing my cats Luna and Marmite and having a long bath and sleeping until I wake up."

Good luck on the rest of your adventure, Harry!