Staff from an Oxford builders merchants completed a 55km walk as part of their bid to raise £55,000 for the Oxford Children's Hospital.

Five members of staff at Johnsons Buildbase in Watlington Road set off at 8am, taking in Milton Common, Thame and Stadhampton before finishing at The Lamb pub in Chalgrove.

Dave Robertson, Craig Tarrant, Anna Karavias, Kate Godfrey and Shaun Johnson all managed to complete the walk in 10 hours and 45 minutes, raising £7,500 towards their target. Mr Robertson, the regional director of Buildbase, said: "We all hit the pain barrier after about 20 miles so we stopped to take on some water and ate energy bars and then carried on.

"Last year, I did it by myself, so it was nice to have others along with me so we could spur each other on."