Walker, 71, hopes for records from Land's End trek

Chris Stanbury has already raised £20,000 for a local charity

A 71-year-old man has completed a 2,500-mile (4,023km) trek from Land's End to John O'Groats and back again, for charity.

Chris Stanbury, originally from Swallowcliffe near Tisbury in Wiltshire, completed the journey on Tuesday, having walked for 146 days without a break since he started out from England's westernmost point on 3 April.

He has raised more than £20,000 through a JustGiving page for local charity Hope and Homes for Children, which helps move children out of orphanages and back into loving families.

He intends to contact Guinness World Records and hopes to be recognised as both the oldest person to complete the return journey and also the fastest to do so.

'The oldest and fastest'

Mr Stanbury, also known as the "pink hat man" to his social media followers said it had been a "fabulous adventure".

"My favourite trails have been the Offa's Dyke Path, the Pennine Way and also the Cotswold Way, that was gorgeous too.

"We have such a fabulous country here with so much variety.

"I'm hoping to get Guinness to recognise both those records. I haven't actually contacted them yet, but I have all the evidence to show that I've done it.

"The oldest and fastest, that would be quite something, wouldn't it?"

Mr Stanbury has been supporting Hope and Homes for Children for more than 25 years.

The charity, based in Salisbury, works with children in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa.

Mr Stanbury is passionate in supporting its main aim to close orphanages.

"Initially, the charity was set up to rebuild an orphanage," he said.

"(But) over a period of a year or two, talking to the children in the orphanage they realised that orphanages don't help children. They harm them."

"Their goal is to close every orphanage in the world within a lifetime, and that will be just amazing."