A WILD swimmer from Northlew has raised more than £3,000 for Cancer Research UK after taking up the charity’s challenge to take a cold water dip every day during March.

Celia Miners is pictured above, in the black T-shirt, with good friend Sharn Kent at Meldon near Okehampton. She has raised £3,508 from 196 donors, smashing her original target ten times over.

Celia said: ‘Having lost a few significant people in my life and had several others affected by cancer, I saw the challenge and thought yes, I could do this, so signed up. I have been overwhelmed by the number of people wanting to join in and who have donated.

‘Most days I dedicate the ‘dip’ to someone who has had cancer join their life story, hoping to raise awareness that it can strike anyone, anytime, anywhere. It doesn’t discriminate at all.’

To donate, visit Celia’s fundraising page at https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/celias-cold-water-challenge-giving-page-1