A TEAM of 47 walkers crossed the Levens Estuary raising £8,000 for Rosemere Cancer Foundation in the process.

The three-mile trek, guided by Raymond Potter and sponsored by construction company Eric Wright Group, set out from Canal Foot near Ulverston and finished at Sandgate Farm near Cark.

The walk usually begins from Arnside and finishes in Kents Bank but the crossing was deemed unsafe by Queens Guide and walk leader Cederic Robinson MBE.

Dan Hill, Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s head of fundraising, said: “We are extremely grateful to Eric Wright Group, which transferred its sponsorship from the Cross Bay Walk to the Levens Estuary Walk, and to everyone who supported it either by doing it or by donating their original Cross Bay entry fee.”