Devon girl takes on wild swimming challenge for local scout group

Eva has already completed 117 days of her challenge - which is set to finish in July next year

A girl is swimming in open water every day for 366 days to raise money for her local scout group.

Ten-year-old Eva Batho, from Buckfastleigh, Devon, started the wild swimming challenge in July.

She said she was inspired by Max Woosey, "The Boy in the Tent", who camped out in a tent for three years to raise money for a Devon hospice.

So far, Eva has raised more than £400 for the 1st Buckfastleigh Scout group, having swum for 117 days so far.

She said she had decided to swim in open water because it was "more challenging".

Eva often swims on the River Dart, but has also taken on the challenge in a number of rivers around the country, and even a fishing lake.

Eva said during the summer months, when the waters were generally calmer, she was doing more lengths during her swims.

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"Since the weather's got more dangerous with the currents and stuff, because it just pulls me out every time, so I can't really do a length," she said.

Her mother Amy Batho said Eva was raising money for the scout group she is part of, so they could "have lots of fun adventures and expeditions".

She said she had sent a message to chief scout Bear Grylls about Eva's challenge, in the hope he would join in the final swim on day 366.

Will Batho, Eva's father, said one of the family's favourite spots was near Holne Bridge, on the River Dart - between Ashburton and Two Bridges.