All set for popular annual Belvoir Challenge fundraiser

The hundreds of participants in this weekend’s Belvoir Challenge are being urged to use a park and ride scheme introduced to the annual event for the first time this year.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Feb 2019, 09:21 GMT
Updated 28th Feb 2019, 10:25 GMT
Participants in this year's Belvoir Challenge are being advised to use a new park and ride scheme EMN-190228-095629001Participants in this year's Belvoir Challenge are being advised to use a new park and ride scheme EMN-190228-095629001
Participants in this year's Belvoir Challenge are being advised to use a new park and ride scheme EMN-190228-095629001

Shuttle buses will transport entrants from new parking areas outside the village, on Harby Road on the way to Langar, to the start at Harby Village Hall on Saturday.

More than 1,000 walkers and runners will cover either a 15-mile or a 26-mile course over undulating terrain across the Vale for what is the local primary school’s most valuable annual fundraiser.

Organisers, the Friends of Harby School, say they encourage everyone to use the new park and ride facility because of the very restricted parking in the village.

The field at the 2018 Belvoir Challenge makes its way towards Stathern EMN-190228-095743001The field at the 2018 Belvoir Challenge makes its way towards Stathern EMN-190228-095743001
The field at the 2018 Belvoir Challenge makes its way towards Stathern EMN-190228-095743001
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Pupils, staff and parents will, as usual, be assisting with the organisation on the day and providing cakes and drinks at refreshment stations around the course with everyone setting off at 9am.

Runners and walkers will use footpaths, byways, tracks and minor roads throughout the Vale and, with the permission of the Duke of Rutland, on land through the Belvoir Estate.