A YOUNG woman from Salisbury has cycled 800 miles in 10 days to raise more than £6,000 for Hope and Homes for children.

Imogen Warley, 18, a former pupil of Salisbury’s Chafyn Grove School, joined 11 other cyclists in a challenge to ride across France from Toulon to Calais in aid of the charity, which helps children in Romanian orphanages.

Miss Warley was inspired to undertake the gruelling challenge by time she spent doing voluntary work in Romania last year.