ITS not for everyone, but thousands pushed themselves to their limits to take part in Tough Mudder at Broughton at the weekend. All pictures, Tough Mudder.

MORE than 15,000 people ran, crawled, pushed and sweated their way through a Tough Mudder event at Broughton Hall at the weekend.

Intent on completing the 12 mile, 20 obstacle Tough Mudder Full, or the five mile, 13 obstacle Tough Mudder Half, people from across the country, and from across the world, descended on Craven at the weekend.

Traffic was controlled along the A59 with temporary traffic lights at the Carleton turn off to cope with the enormous number of extra vehicles on the road.

And with plenty of rain in the previous few days, there was more than enough mud to keep the most hardened of Tough Mudder competitors happy.

The event, which was first held in 2010 and is now held in six different countries, also saw its three millionth competitor cross the finishing line at Broughton.

Preparation for the event, which saw the building of the obstacles, designed to test physical and mental endurance, started two weeks ahead of last weekend.

Those taking part tackle mud and water, climbing frames and even electric shocks.

It was the fourth time Tough Mudder had been held at Broughton, and estate owner, Roger Tempest said he thought it had been the busiest yet.

"There were a huge amount of people out there, I've been to all of them, and this one felt very busy indeed; but what I really like about it, is that it is an incredibly well spirited event. Everyone is really nice and there are a lot of families - there are a lot of mini-mudders out there."

Over the years, the event has raised more than £5 million for charity, with the thousands who took part at Broughton adding to that. Mr Tempest said: "I am incredibly proud how much money the event raises for charity. I don't know how much it will have been yet, but it will have been in the tens of thousands. I saw several people doing it for St Gemma's Hospice, and there were all the other charities too," he said.

Organisers have already said they will return to Broughton next year, but having learned lessons from this year's traffic management to and from the site.

"I am always conscious of the impact of events like this on other people and I know people will have been inconvenienced because of getting in and of the site, we shall be trying to improve on the traffic for next year," he said.