A 10-year-old walked nearly 50km in bad weather during the half-term holiday to raise more than £1,200 for Fowey RNLI lifeboat station.

Catalina McManus, who lives with her family in Bath, spent her holiday in Fowey this year where she visited the lifeboat station every single day.

She was inspired to do the walk to raise money for the charity after taking tours of the lifeboat and chatting to some of Fowey’s volunteer lifeboat crew.

Catalina said: “I have always loved the RNLI, but recently I have discovered that as a charity they are having to spend a lot of money on repairs, fuel, safety kit, training, boats and foundations for the new jetty in Fowey – and they don’t get anything from the government.

“This is why I wanted to help.

“When I was on holiday in Fowey I went to see the lifeboat every day and I was allowed to sit in their boat before they went out training one evening.”

Catalina and her parents recently paid another visit to Fowey, where they were invited to have a guided tour of the lifeboat station and the all-weather lifeboat and to chat to some of the volunteer crew.

Fowey coxswain Jonathan Pritchard said: “As the charity that saves lives at sea, we rely on the support of fundraisers like Catalina to help train and equip our volunteer lifeboat crews.

“Catalina’s fundraising achievement will be of immediate use to Fowey lifeboat station.

“All of our crew are extremely impressed by her efforts and very grateful for her donation.

“We were delighted to welcome her to the station, to hear all about her epic walk, and to present her with an RNLI mascot and a certificate of thanks.”

Catalina’s original fundraising target was £500 but she quickly exceeded this with the total now over £1,245.

• Catalina’s JustGiving page is still open if you would like to donate at www.justgiving.com/fundraising/catalina-mcmanus-rnli