A TIRED but proud team of Wilmslow fundraisers have returned home after raising £4,500 for charity.

The team of four from Water Lane Clinic namely Frances West, Merian Denning, Sarah Gibbons and Tina Harvey, were participants in this year’s Snowdonia Challenge.

The challenge was to cycle 40 miles around Snowdon, climb the summit and canoe a course on Lake Gwynant.

The first leg for the team involved pedalling 20 miles from Llanberis to Rhyd Ddu with steep hill climbs up the mountain.

Once there, them foursome climbed up 3.75 miles of steep rough path to it summit at 2,900 feet and back down again.

The second leg of cycling was from Rhyd Ddu to Llyn Gwynant with a fast three mile downhill section.

Before taking to the waters of Llyn Gwyant in two Canadian canoes tied together to form a raft for a distance of 1.5 miles.

It was then back on the bikes for the toughest leg of the cycling on the 2.5 mile stretch of the old coach road to Pen y Gwryd.

The team completed the challenge in under 8 hours and were awarded two of the five awards, as fastest women's and fastest golden oldies, with a combined age of 203 years young!

The Snowdonia Charity Challenge raises funds for Regain, which is the only charitable organisation dedicated to supporting men and women who become tetrapelgic as a result of a sporting/leisure accident. The team has so far raised £3500.

The challenge was very personal for Sarah Gibbons whose nephew Charlie West became a tetraplegic in August 2014 after a spinal cord injury and already Regain has provided support to him.

Charlie who was due to start his final year at Manchester University when the accident occurred, hopes to be able to resume his studies soon.

For donations please go to www.justgiving.com/waterlane