CHARITY walkers kept in step to raise funds for a worthy cause.

Staff and friends of Beardwood Hospital, Blackburn, set off on a 16-mile sponsored hike around Pendle to raise cash for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Walker Caroline Wiltshaw said: "It was quite a gruelling route but we were very lucky with the weather. We don't know exactly how much money we have raised yet but nine people completed the walk and we are hoping it was successful."

Pictured checking the route are, from left, Michael and Margaret Aspinall, Terry Water and Caroline Wiltshaw.