Captain Tom Moore completes 100 laps raising more than £14 million for the NHS
He originally hoped to raise £1,000
Last updated 16th Apr 2020
Since we originally reported earlier this week, that Captain Tom Moore had raised £2 million for NHS Charities, the money has continued to come flooding in, with the 99-year-old now raising more than £14 million for NHS Charities.
Captain Tom, who turns 100 at the end of the month, posted his intentions to raise money for the important cause on the 10th April with a target of just £1,000, however he smashed that incredibly quickly, and has seen interest from around the world, with TV interviews in the USA, Russia and France.
This morning (16th April), Captain Tom completed his 100th lap of his garden. The moment below shows the inspirational pensioner as he embarks on the final laps with his walking frame.
According to his Just Giving page, Captain Moore, who was brought up in Keighley, Yorkshire, 'is aiming to walk a hundred lengths of the back garden (which is 25m in length) before he is 100 years old at the end of the month.'
And the inspirational pensioner has been doing 10 laps a day towards his target of 100. However he has said he will continue to do laps as the money keeps coming in.
As the days have passed, Captain Moore's original target of £1,000 was quickly passed with a new target of £500,000 set, which has also been smashed. At the time of writing, the money raised by the Army veteran stands at £14.8 million, however the donations are still coming in, despite problems with the Just Giving website due to the extra traffic.
Donate to Captain Tom Moore's 100th Birthday Walk for the NHS
Since initially releasing his fundraising details, Captain Moore has been received support from a number of celebrities including Michael Ball, Piers Morgan, and Olympian Kelly Holmes, who said, '@captaintommoore you are our hero and you are helping our NHS heroes'.
In an interview with Good Morning Britain, Captain Tom spoke of the NHS staff saying, 'You're all entering something where you are putting yourselves in danger and you're doing that for all the people.'
'You are doing a marvellous job!'
You can make donations to Captain Tom Moore's 100th Birthday Walk for the NHS here
Now take a look at what vegetables you can grow from kitchen scraps:
Potatoes
In the past you might have cut off the eyes that have been growing on a potato, but now is the time for them to come into their own!
Using a knife, rather than a peeler, cut off a potato eye with a bit of potato underneath. Pop the scraps into some soil, about 10 cm deep and wait a few weeks.
Each eye will produce a number of potatoes so you're best off planting these in a bucket, or directly into your garden.
Avocados
This popular superfood can be grown from its large seed, however don't be under any illusion, it will take a long time!
If you want to give it a go, take out the stone and suspend it in a glass of water with toothpicks.
Make sure you keep the glass in a warm place out of direct sunlight, and as mentioned be patient. It can take around six weeks to see a stem and roots! When the leaves appear it's time to transfer to soil.
Lettuce
Although it might be tempting to throw away the bottom of a lettuce or cabbage, when you cut the leaves off, DON'T throw away the base!
You can grow more leaves, just put the base in water for a few days, once it starts to grow its own roots and extra leaves pop it in some soil and continue to water it regularly - but don't overwater it.
Celery
Similar to lettuce and cabbage you can grow celery from its base.
After you've cut off the top of the celery, put the base into a bowl of warm water in daylight. After about a week, roots and new shoots should start of appear, this is the time you should replant into soil.
Onions
Similar to lettuce and celery, you can grown onions if you leave around 1cm from the base and place in soil.
Spring onions and leeks
As above, save the base of spring onions or leeks and pop them into a glass of water. After a few days you'll get to see some roots appear along with new growth from above.
Then, after a couple of weeks of growth, replant in soil.
Tomatoes
Save the seeds from a tomato, rinse and then dry them out on a kitchen roll.
Once they're dry you can plant them out into rich compost and after a short time seedlings should start to grow.
Keep your seedings inside or in a greenhouse until the weather gets warmer.
Carrots
You can grow carrots from their tops! Cut around 1cm from the top and place in water.
After a week or so they should start to develop more leaves, once a few leaves have grown plant into soil covering the top of the carrot completely.
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