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| Mike Barton completes 366-day stay in tent | Mike Barton completes 366-day stay in tent |
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| A man who was severely burnt as a child has completed a challenge of living in a tent for a year and a day. | |
| For the past year, Mike Barton, 47, has been travelling across the country to raise awareness about fire safety. | For the past year, Mike Barton, 47, has been travelling across the country to raise awareness about fire safety. |
| At 12:00 GMT he finished the challenge at a campsite outside Kirkham near Blackpool. | |
| Mr Barton, from Newbury, has been raising cash for the burns units at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Odstock Centre in Salisbury. | Mr Barton, from Newbury, has been raising cash for the burns units at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Odstock Centre in Salisbury. |
| 'Weird experience' | 'Weird experience' |
| He said the main aim of the challenge had been to raise awareness of fire safety. | |
| "If I reach one person a day, it counts and I have reached far, far more people than that. | "If I reach one person a day, it counts and I have reached far, far more people than that. |
| "I am looking forward to finishing but there is much more to do. | "I am looking forward to finishing but there is much more to do. |
| "It will be a weird experience to be indoors and warm and not feeling every bone in my back when I am trying to sleep." | "It will be a weird experience to be indoors and warm and not feeling every bone in my back when I am trying to sleep." |
| Mr Barton has raised £600, but said he had been encouraging people to donate directly to the Manchester hospital. | Mr Barton has raised £600, but said he had been encouraging people to donate directly to the Manchester hospital. |
| Aged four, a third of his body was burned in a blaze at his family home in Bolton. | Aged four, a third of his body was burned in a blaze at his family home in Bolton. |
| Mr Barton, who had his laptop and two phones stolen during his year in a tent, has been talking to children in schools and on the street about fire safety during the challenge. | Mr Barton, who had his laptop and two phones stolen during his year in a tent, has been talking to children in schools and on the street about fire safety during the challenge. |
| He said he had spent £18,000 of his own money on the challenge. | He said he had spent £18,000 of his own money on the challenge. |
| He now plans to spend a year and day in a fire engine, after returning home to Newbury to regain his health, as he has lost two stone in weight. | He now plans to spend a year and day in a fire engine, after returning home to Newbury to regain his health, as he has lost two stone in weight. |