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Ryan Thom

Emotional grandad says Ayrshire tot's cancer fight brought him to tears as he treks 200 miles

An emotional grandad says an Ayrshire tot’s cancer battle brought him to tears as he vowed to raise funds to help save her life.

Jerry Helley is on course to completing a 200 mile trek for Ava Bolton, who is undergoing treatment for high-risk neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer which has a 50 per cent survival rate.

The 60-year-old from Saltcoats has put his best foot forward by walking from Kilmarnock to Castle Douglas, through the Galloway Forrest, before heading along the Ayrshire coast back home.

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