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Saint Christopher 'Braves Pain' To Raise More Than £800 For Mountbatten

A man from Ryde has pushed the limits of his pain threshold to raise money for an Isle of Wight charity.

Christopher Hayton raised £810 for Newport's Mountbatten this year by undertaking feats of endurance.

In May, he agreed to have his chest waxed at Charlotte's Academy in Cowes while dressed as a stripper-gram replete with bow-tie and skimpy red underwear. 

In September he completed Walk the Wight as part of his fundraising endeavours, a trek he plans to take on again in 2022, this time dressed as a hippopotamus in a nappy!

Christopher told Isle of Wight Radio: 

"I wanted to try something I'd never done before — I decided to brave the pain as fundraising is an important part of my life.

"I also go round telling people jokes to keep their spirits up during the walks."

Kind-hearted Christopher — a volunteer at Friends of the Animals in Ryde — has previously raised money for the IW Air Ambulance, Children in Need and Brading's Donkey Sanctuary.

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