Steve Patmore was soaked through and desperate for somewhere to stay – the force was certainly with him as the 28-year-old is on a marathon charity mission.

Steve, a caretaker at a London primary school, is walking from Great Ormond Street Hospital to Glasgow's Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
He has been sponsored £2,500 which will be donated to the children's charity Rays of Sunshine, which tries to grant the wishes of terminally and seriously ill children aged three to 18.

However, he must do it without spending one penny and has been camping in his tent each night and living off the land.
So when he arrived soaked to the skin and carrying a soggy tent at Huntingdon Police Station on Tuesday afternoon hoping for a cell for the night, he was in for a nice surprise.
Steve said: "I camped the previous night at woods near Sandy and my tent was completely flooded.

"Since walking from Sandy I had been looking for a room or somewhere I could dry my things and everyone had turned me away. So when I got to Huntingdon I thought I would see about getting help here."
Not only did officers offer to help, but raised the cash to buy him a room in a B&B for the night.

Steve said he was "completely surprised" by the gesture and spent last night at the Spice Inn in Ermine Street, Huntingdon.

PC Luke Coulson said: "Steve said he would like a cell for the night but we thought we could go one better.

"We did a whip round at the station and booked him a room. It's a worthy cause and officers and staff were only too pleased to chip in."
Steve, who began his journey on Saturday (May 31), set off in the direction of Peterborough on Wednesday morning. He has a total of 32 days to reach Glasgow.

>> For more information about his walk, and to sponsor Steve, visit www.justgiving.com/stevepatmore