ROYAL Wootton Bassett man Mike Davis is planning to walk the South West Coastal Path for Help For Heroes and Wiltshire Air Ambulance.

The 63-year-old has wanted to take on the 630-mile challenge since he read about it 20 years ago, and now he plans to start out the long journey from Minehead, Somerset to Poole, Dorset, the day after his birthday on April 1.

The retired mechanical transport technician in the RAF said: “It’s my mountain in life. I thought it was a good opportunity to raise money for Help for Heroes and Wiltshire Air Ambulance.

“It just seemed to be a good time to do it now I am retired and have some more time.”

To help Mike reach his £1,000 target, visit either www.bmycharity.com/mikedavis to donate to Help For Heroes or visit www.justgiving.com/630MileYomp to donate to Wiltshire Air Ambulance.

Alternatively, to donate to Help for Heroes visit http://www.bmycharity.com/ and search for ‘Mike's 630 mile yomp’ in ‘find a friend’, or to donate to Wiltshire Air Ambulance visit http://www.justgiving.com/ and search ‘Mike's 630 mile yomp’ in ‘support a friend’.