SEVEN-YEAR-OLD student Tom Turner-Barratt is stepping out during Herefordshire Walking Festival with a 30-mile hike to raise money for his school.

Starting yesterday, the Bredenbury Primary School pupil plans to walk from Kington to Ludlow over three days with his mum, Shelley. The Mortimer Trial will take Tom over ridges, through woodlands, along Offa's Dyke and riverside paths before ending up at Ludlow Castle.