TWO Wallingford School pupils are blazing a trail as young firefighters.

Darryl Stock, 15, from Mill Lane, Benson, and Blake Hallam, 14, of Sinodun Road, Wallingford are both award-winning cadets with Watlington retained fire crews.

Darryl won the Fire Cadet of the Year award and Blake was named Most Improved Cadet of the Year and had their certificates presented to them by Chief Fire Officer John Parry at a community safety achievement evening in Oxford.

Both youngsters want to keep their links with the fire service when they leave school and start other careers.