Laura Evans, principal audiologist at Cathedral Hearing and her husband Richard will be scaling The Yorkshire Three Peaks - the 24 mile route up and down Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough, in under 12 hours, raising money for We Love Lichfield, part of The Community Foundation for Staffordshire. While on the walk, Laura and Rich will be creating a sound map of the area – rather than an ‘Ordnance Survey Map’, theirs will be an ‘Outside Sounds Map’.

On the walk, they will record various sounds and afterwards create a visual and audio “map” showing different noises including wildlife, other walkers and the elements especially when they climb the peaks.

And at the same time, they wish to raise money for Local community fund We Love Lichfield. It is the second walking challenge for Laura and Richard Evans in aid of We Love Lichfield having scaled Snowdon in 2025. They are looking for donations having already raised over £1000 since they started supporting the place-based community fund in 2024.

The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge is a 24-mile (38.6 km) circular route in the Yorkshire Dales National Park that summits three distinct peaks: Pen-y-Ghent (694m altitude), Whernside (736m altitude), and Ingleborough (723m altitude). The challenge is to complete this route, which includes over 1,585 metres of ascent, in under 12 hours.

“Supporting the local community is important to me. I have seen first-hand the difference We Love Lichfield makes to the people of Lichfield and the surrounding villages and want to continue supporting this amazing cause.”

We Love Lichfield is one of The Community Foundation for Staffordshire's local community funds, that provides small grants to a wide range of projects based in the Lichfield District. By donating to the We Love Lichfield Fund, you are ensuring that your donation will be supporting the communities and charitable causes within Lichfield.

For more about We Love Lichfield, visit www.welovelichfield.co.uk

For more information about Cathedral Hearing visit www.cathedralhearing.co.uk or call 01543 319641