THE LATEST Llangollen Round Challenge has raised over £100,000 for charity.

Cancer Research UK has received its largest single North Wales donation of the year so far after collecting a cheque for £100,723 from organisers of the record-breaking event.

The total means the fourth challenge, held over the last weekend in May, raised a record amount for the charity.

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The often gruelling 35-mile run/walk through the beautiful yet tough terrain of the hills surrounding the town saw a record 500-plus participants who either walked or ran around it.

The event, which operates thanks to a small army of volunteer helpers, can be completed in either one or two days and also saw another record set for the route being completed in the fastest time.

The two oldest people to complete the course were aged 90 and 87.

Since being launched in 2012 by members of the Llangollen Ramblers group and based roughly on the Alpine Walk Tour of Mont Blanc, the amount raised for Cancer Research UK by the challenge has climbed steadily from £33,000 to the latest total.

Nadine Isaacs, relationship manager (North Wales) at Cancer Research UK, said: "Forty years ago the cancer survival rate was one in four. Today it is two in four but Cancer Research UK's mission is to reduce this further to three in four.

"Without the support we receive from fundraisers such as you we could not continue with our research."