Three pals to do the SIX peak challenge

Chiropodist, Matthew Butters (front) adjusts the insoles of Warrington Wolves rugby league players, Toby (left) and George King at his Huddersfield practice Peaks in the Yorkshire Dales.

Then they will drive to Whernside, which they will climb the next day, before moving on to Ingleborough and down to Snowdon in Wales, the last of the National Three Peaks.

Martin, who has done the Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge on several occasions, estimates that as the group will be skipping the trek between Pen-y-Ghent and Whernside they will walk nearly 30 miles.

The 57-year-old, who works as a steward in Meltham Liberal Club, said: “We thought we may as well go coast to coast this time.

“We’ll be walking as long as it’s daylight and sleeping on a minibus.

“It won’t be easy but it’ll only be for two days.”

The sponsored walk, which will begin on June 23, will fundraise for dementia charity Alzheimer’s Research UK.

Martin’s dad Norman fundraises for the Alzheimer’s Research UK Huddersfield Group.

The group have raised nearly £400 of their £1,000 target so far.

Donations can be made justgiving.com/fundraising/6-peakchallenge or post to Norman Mellor, 44 Highfield Avenue, Meltham, HD9 5RF.

Part-time fight fighter Dave is a champion coal carrier who has won the World Coal Carrying Championships, a race to carry 50kg of coal further than 1km, six times. The 54-year-old is still the current world record holder with a time of four minutes and six seconds.

Ben, 29, also raised around £150 for the Firefighters Charity with a skydive on May 31.