MP takes part in Cartmel Ultimate Sticky Toffee 16KM Challenge

MP Tim Farron will this Saturday take to the hills around Cartmel to compete in the Ultimate Sticky Toffee 16KM Challenge to raise funds for a local charity campaign hoping to raise enough money to redevelop the playground in Allithwaite village.

The Sticky Toffee Pudding fell race - the first of its kind - is a 16km route notoriously referred to as the "Beauty and the Beast" course combining beautiful scenery with tough running sections. Successful competitors are rewarded for finishing the race with a famous Cartmel Sticky Toffee Pudding.

Mr Farron will be running for a local charity hoping to raise funds for a children's playground in Allithwaite village. The campaign, organised by a group of enterprising mums from Allithwaite is aiming to raise £60,000 to refurbish the whole play area with new equipment.

Commenting Mr Farron said:

"I am delighted to be taking part in the first ever Cartmel Sticking Toffee Pudding Race. It's fantastic opportunity to take in some of Cartmel's beautiful scenery whilst raising money for a great cause. I'm sure that the promise of a sticky toffee pudding at the end of the race will help the kilometres sail by.

"I hope that my contribution will go someway to raising enough money to build a safe, accessible communal play area in Allithwaite which the children can enjoy and the whole community can benefit from."