A CANCER charity fundraiser celebrated 25 years by completing a challenge of its own.
Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life team visited all 25 race locations in the North West and North Wales – including Blackburn - in 25 hours.
Starting at Coniston, Cumbria, at 5am on Wednesday, March 21, the team travelled via Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire.
It finished the journey in Caernarfon in the early hours of yesterday morning (Thursday), after visiting many North West locations including Penrith, Wigan, Wirral, Preston, Wrexham and Oldham along the way.
Sarah Hunter, Cancer Research UK’s North West event manager, said: “Pledging to take part in Race for Life is a great incentive for women to pull on their trainers and join thousands of ladies across the UK who are coming together in the fight against cancer. Money raised is helping to drive research to help beat over 200 different types of cancer - so every person, step and penny raised makes a real difference. "
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