TWO Ulverston brothers have paid tribute to their mum in her brave fight against cancer by taking on an extreme mountaineering challenge.

Josh Williams, 27, and Sam Williams, 30, have just returned from climbing the three highest peaks in Britain to raise money for the various treatment centres which helped their mum Ann through her cancer battle.

The duo, along with six friends and colleagues, conquered Mount Snowdon in Wales, Scafell Pike in Cumbria and Ben Nevis in Scotland, raising nearly £11,000 for Rosemere Cancer Foundation and the Oncology Department at Furness General Hospital.

The donation is a thank you for the care and treatment she has been receiving in Barrow and at Rosemere Cancer Centre, the region’s specialist cancer treatment centre at the Royal Preston Hospital, since she was re-diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2017 after a decade in remission.

Meanwhile dad David boosted their fundraising by taking on his own sponsored challenge and completing the 73-mile leg of the Camino de Compostela in Spain.

He said: “Our family has drawn tight in around Ann and she is never alone, but the stresses and strains are immense.

“If my walk and my sons’ far more ambitious challenge gives just one person the motivation to carry on in times of adversity or helps them to share with others how they are feeling, when everything around them seems to be going wrong, then it will have been well worth it.”

Josh added: “Although the challenges were tough, there were lots of laughs and good times along the way.

“This contrasts to the real challenges we see when we accompany mum for her treatments and of people fighting cancer.”