A team of elite soldiers is planning to raise money for injured colleagues by marching 190 miles across Eden and South Lakeland.
Sixteen members of the elite Pathfinders - a Colchester-based brigade - will march in full kit carrying 40lb packs through Grasmere, Kirkby Stephen and Shap.
The team has set itself 48 hours to get from the West Cumbrian coastline to Robin Hood's Bay, in North Yorkshire - a route which would take 15 days for keen walkers. The event will consist of a four-team relay, each consisting of four soldiers marching 15 miles before handing over to the next team.
Members of the Parachute Regiment will be shaking tins along the route and donations can be made by going to the platoon website www.army.mod.uk/para/pathfinder.
The walk will start on Tuesday, May 22.
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