A FORMER Astor College girl who plans to take part in a sponsored Inca Trail Trek has been given a boost by generous Dover pub customers.

In May, the Express told of adult-care worker Sarah Hair's plans to hike 31 miles through cloud forest and high mountain passes, taking in remote Andean mountain trails and the site of the legendary lost city of the Incas, Machu Picchu.

The money raised is to be donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Inspired by the care and support hospital staff have given her 10-year-old nephew James, who was born with a leg-length discrepancy, Sarah jumped at the challenge but still needs to raise the majority of the £3,000 sponsorship needed.

St Radigund's resident Sarah, 27, talked pals into donning fancy dress earlier this month to do a pub crawl of the town. Instead of downing drinks, the crew rattled a donation bucket to raise cash for the charity adventure.

Sarah raked in £236 after talking to customers at the Prince Albert, The Eight Bells, the Party Bar The Roman Key and Club Karma on August 14.

She said: "All the bars welcomed us and we took a Great Ormond Street-decorated bucket with us, which was hard to carry by the end of the night.

" The bucket is now covered in signatures of people in Dover who donated. "

Sarah will take part in the trail from November 13 to 22. She needs to raise her sponsorship money eight weeks before taking the flight from London to Lima, where the trek begins.

To sponsor her, go to www. justgiving.com/Sarah-Hair.