The two Rotarians are raising money for the air ambulance

Two volunteers have completed a 110-mile walk to raise money for an East Midlands ambulance service.

Andy Jervis, 44, and David Hollins, 62, of the Loughborough Rotary Club finished the walk in Beacon Hill near Woodhouse Eaves in Leicestershire on Saturday afternoon.

The two men are aiming to raise �60,000 for the County Air Ambulance, which serves 10 counties in England with three helicopters.

""Our feet are very sore, but apart from that we are very well," Mr Jervis told BBC News Online.

Life savers

"It costs �1.40 every minute to keep the air ambulance flying- and we want to raise �60,000 to keep the air ambulance flying for a month," he said.

"We have raised the awareness of people about the air ambulance, but many of them were suprised that it is totally funded from donations."

The County Air Ambulance has flown 14,000 missions in the past 12 years and has helped to save hundreds of lives, Mr Jervis said.

Based in Dudley, the service covers Derbyshire, Leicestershire and parts of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire as well as the West Midlands.

Mr Hollins, who donated a kidney to his son last year, was pleased to be able to complete the walk successfully.

The two men walked the Leicester Round - a long-distance footpath that covers most of the county.

"We are both in good fettle but I think we will both enjoy a good hot bath tonight," Mr Jervis said.