ENERGETIC members of Liverpool’s legal community were put through their paces at the weekend during the 12-hour Langdale Valley Charity Challenge.
The event, organised by Brabners Chaffe Street, saw participants cycle for 30 miles, canoe for six miles and walk another 10 miles across the Lake District.
More than 50 solicitors took part, raising £4,000 for Brabners’ 2008 charity, the Manchester New Children’s Hospital Appeal.
The gruelling event began on bicycles at Great Langdale and took in canoeing on Coniston Water.
Competitors then saddled up to cycle along steep roads via Little Langdale into the Langdale Valley.
The conditions were so choppy on Coniston Water, a number of teams also enjoyed a swim as their boats capsized.
Teams from regional food retailer Booths, Royal Bank of Scotland, University of Central Lancashire, Yorkshire Bank and CLB Coopers also took part.
Adrian Rogers, associate at Brabners’ Exchange Flags offices, told LDP Legal: “It was an extremely tough event, not helped by the less than friendly weather conditions on the day, but a lot of fun.
“The fact that there were so many people, and that we were in teams, acted as a great motivation to not let people down and to encourage and spur each other on to the finish line.�
The event is the latest of a number of exhilarating fundraising events Brabners Chaffe Street are organising, with skydiving, white-water rafting and swimming with sharks either already done or lined up.