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  • lovely story coming up.

  • A 99 year old war veteran has decided to walk 100 lengths of his back garden.

  • He wants to raise money for the NHS every day.

  • I'm doing about 10.

  • What I call a lot of love.

  • The house do 10 each day, so that would eventually get 100.

  • You're an inspiration to us all on we thank you.

  • There he goes.

  • Let's give a big round of applause.

  • 100 laps of his garden during locked down.

  • All of the money going to NHS Charity is a guard of honor from the first Battalion, the auction regiment.

  • Inches to go.

  • And there he is.

  • Congratulations.

  • Well done.

  • I'm surrounded by the right sort of people, so, yes, I feel fine.

  • I hope you're all feeling fine.

  • Thio.

  • The service that I got from all these doctors and nurses was absolutely outstanding on their such a nice people do.

  • Yeah.

  • Yeah, it's a wonderful story at a time where, frankly, everybody needed it.

  • I'm a great believer that people are fundamentally kind and this is just the most wonderful way toe Show it.

  • Yeah.

  • I don't know what you meant to feel like when you get to be 100.

  • I've never been 100 before, so I really I really can't tell you what difference was from yesterday today.

  • Or maybe tomorrow.

  • Captain Tom.

  • A point of light in all our lives.

  • That is exactly what you are.

  • So on behalf of the whole country.

  • Thank you on have a very special 1/100 birthday, Thio.

  • Letters from the royal family really is something which I never, ever anticipated because they are too.

  • May such good people.

  • Yeah.

  • There is a letter here from the chief of the General Staff that conveys your appointment to become the honorary colonel of our Army Foundation.

  • College up inheritance really is one of the Curtis honors anybody could get.

  • I just need to say congratulations, because you are the U.

  • K's official number one.

  • That really is truly amazing, isn't it, Captain?

  • Sir Tom More.

  • Good morning.

  • Congratulations.

  • How does it feel to be a knight of the realm this morning?

  • I certainly feel that have been given a very outstanding honor by the Queen on the Prime Minister.

  • It's the most beautiful story in the most bleak of times on.

  • He's given us a beacon of light.

  • It's It's wonderful.

  • Never, ever anticipate every in my life, anything like this.

  • It really is amazing.

  • And I'm just saying to everyone, thank you very much, toe everyone, wherever you are.

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