War veteran, 99, is walking a mile and a half in his garden for the NHS

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War veteran, 99, is walking a mile and a half in his garden for the NHS
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Tom's goal is to walk 100 laps of his garden by his 100th birthday, and he's absolutely smashing it 💪

Tom Moore relies on a walking frame to get around but is determined to complete the challenge

His garden is 25 metres long, and he plans to walk it 100 times before he turns 100 at the end of April. The grandfather-of-four is walking 10 lengths a day in his garden – equivalent to swimming five lengths of an Olympic swimming pool each day.Tom has lived with his daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, and her husband and two children, for the past 12 years.Tom during his walk

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