The long arm of the law stretched a long way from Huddersfield.

In fact it stretched to the very top of Britain.

For six police officers, five of whom work in Huddersfield, took on a demanding double challenge to raise money for local charities.

The officers took part in the Six Peak Challenge - scaling Britain’s highest peaks and the Yorkshire Three Peaks in just 36 hours.

Their efforts have so far raised £800 for Kirkwood Hospice and the Mirfield-based Hollybank Trust.

And they hope to make that total £1,000 with some extra fundraising events.

The walkers were Sean Lewis, Ben Dyer, Leo Pearson, Simon Marshal and Liam Rye, who are all based in Huddersfield, and Kevin Lewis of the Metropolitan Police.

Ben said: “We have done a similar challenge in the past and were up for it again.

“We had to do the challenge in 36 hours or less and we managed it with anout 30 minutes to spare, after more than 1,000 miles of driving in between all the climbing.

“We set off to drive to Scotland in the early hours and climbed Ben Nevis before driving back down to the Lake District to climb Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England. We then carried on to Wales and climbed Snowdon in the dark before driving back to Yorkshire”.

In Yorkshire the group climbed Ingleborough, Pen-y-ghent and Whernside in the Dales to complete the second leg of the challenge.“It was very strenuous and hard work but we enjoyed it.

“We ate on the go to save as much time as possible and we just got inside the time limit”.

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