STAFF at Keybury Fire and Security have completed their latest and most demanding annual charity challenge fundraiser - bagging a bumper windfall for Manorlands Hospice in Oxenhope.

Th company, which has an office in Skipton and customers across Craven, held its sixth annual fundraiser, a gruelling summer-long series of events.

First up was the Yorkshire Three Peaks, a bone-sapping 26-mile trek, followed by the annual Manorlands ‘Paint Rush,’ a five-kilometre fun run around a course while being sprayed with coloured paint – there were 900 participants this year.

Next came the toughest of this year’s challenges, Tough Mudder at Broughton Hall, near Skipton, with Team Keybury members working closely together to get through a series of obstacles. The final challenge was far more sedate, a starlight hike on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, taking in Oakworth and Haworth, the Manorlands Hospice grounds and finishing at Oxenhope.

Keybury has now raised over £13,000 in total through its charity challenges over the past five years.

It all began with a 127-mile cycle ride along the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, followed 12 months on by the conquering of two of Yorkshire’s Three Peaks. Next up was a ‘Try-Athlon,’ which involved another canal cycle ride to and from Leeds, climbing Whernside, then a trip to the pool which saw team members collectively swim the width of the English Channel.

Then came a 28-mile slog along the Rochdale Canal from Manchester to Hebden Bridge, taking in the Pennines, followed last year by a collective 100-mile walk around the shores of Lake Windermere, plus a 20-mile row back and forth across the lake.

Keybury’s service division director Philip Marsh said: “While everyone at Keybury deserves full credit for our many charity challenge achievements to date, thanks must go to customers, relatives and friends of staff who have once again dug deep.”

Andrew Wood, Manorlands senior fundraiser, said: “ We are really grateful to the team for their ongoing support.”