A 13-YEAR-OLD boy joined dozens of friends and family walking to raise funds to fight cancer – just one day after getting the all-clear from the disease.

Adam Bennett joined 160 walkers for part of the 17-mile ‘Adam’s Walk’ from Witney to Blenheim Palace and back on Saturday.

Participants paid to enter and donated funds in exchange for a hot meal at the finish, raising around £7,000 for Adam and two cancer charities.

It was a day of double celebration for the Witney teenager, who was told he had beaten metastic Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, just 24 hours before.

Adam completed a five-mile loop of Blenheim Palace in his wheelchair during the walk and his mum, Sarah, revealed it topped off a perfect day.

She said: “He loved seeing all his friends and being with family and it was a really memorable day.

“Everyone enjoyed it – some of them were dripping wet when they finished but still smiling.”

Last December, Adam was diagnosed with metastatic Ewing’s Sarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer that only affects around 20 children in the UK each year.

Tests showed Adam had a tumour in his right femur which had started to spread to his lungs.

He began chemotherapy at the John Radcliffe Children’s Hospital one month later and the children’s cancer ward became his ‘second home’ for the next nine months.

Mrs Bennett and some friends and family began organising the walk in January and Adam was forced to go through some horrific experiences in the following months.

He said: “After my first cycle of chemotherapy the pain in my leg was unbearable and then as I was getting dressed one morning my leg broke suddenly under my own weight.

“I spent the next four weeks in hospital unable to move due to the pain whilst completing two more cycles of chemotherapy which made me feel sick and caused my hair to fall out in big clumps.

“It was a tough time for my whole family.”

In August 2018, after six months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, he had 'limb salvage' surgery where his hip and most of his right femur was cut out and replaced with a metal implant.

Adam had radiotherapy in his lungs earlier this month and was given the all-clear after the last round of treatment on Friday.

He now begins physiotherapy and hopes he will soon be able to start walking unassisted.

Mrs Bennett said: “He just wants to get back walking and doing stuff that other 13-year-olds do.”

This made Saturday’s event extra special, with friends and family coming from across the country.

Participants walked from Witney’s Madley Park Hall to Blenheim and back, rewarded with chilli and baked potatoes at the finish.

Organisers held music and games, but the real celebrations were for the thousands of pounds raised for three chosen charities.

Due to its rarity, Ewing’s Sarcoma receives very little research funding and the chances of survival are the same as decades ago.

Adam’s Future, a JustGiving page set up for the 13-year-old and his family while he underwent treatment and rehabilitation, took some of the proceeds.

Funds were donated to World Child Cancer, which supports children in Africa, Asia and Central America, while the third charity was Liberty’s Legacy.

This was set up in memory of Liberty Shurer, who lost her life to Ewing sarcoma two weeks after her 14th birthday in October 2017 and was also treated at the JR.

To donate visit justgiving.com/crowdfunding/adams-future