A teenage boy in Braunton, Devon, who began sleeping in a tent to raise money for a local charity three years ago, this weekend finally decided to up sticks and come inside. Max Woosey, who has become known as ‘the Boy in the Tent’ will tonight sleep in a real bed and under a rigid roof for the first time since 29th March 2020.
Max started his colossal camp out after neighbour and family friend, Rick Abbott, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, gifted him his tent and told the then 13 year old to use it to have an adventure. Since then, Max has gone through 26 tents, endured storms, sub-zero temperatures, heatwaves, a bout of Covid and an encounter with former PM Boris Johnson. And, after initially setting out to raise £50, he has generated over £650,000 for the North Devon Hospice, which looked after Rick until he passed away.
