A TEAM of intrepid walkers and climbers arrived back in Harnham on Monday, sore but happy after tackling a gruelling challenge on two of the hottest days of the year.

The team, comprising the headteacher, parents and friends of the Harnham Schools' Association, did not tackle the usual Three Peaks Challenge, climbing Britain's three highest mountain peaks, but climbed 14 peaks in the Snowdonia range.

All the peaks are more than 3,000ft high, and the team did the challenge in 48 hours over Saturday and Sunday, covering 52km.

Harnham Schools' Association is a parent/teacher association for Harnham Infants' and Harnham Junior schools and it organised the challenge to raise funds for computers, books and sports equipment for the two schools.

The successful team included headteacher of Harnham Junior school Luke Coles, Graham Complin, Pete Hirst, John Kerr, John Murnane and Bob Stannet.

Julie Murnane, the association's events organiser, said parents in each school wanted to do something to recognise "the excellence of the teachers", and came up with the challenge.

Her husband, John, said it had been "very hard work", resulting in lots of blisters and tiredness, but everyone had done well.

He said: "We completed 12 hours on the first day and seven hours on the second and even touched base on a 15th peak."

It is not known how much has been raised yet but visitors to Harnham flower show this coming Saturday will be able to see a selection of photographs taken by the team.