A 21-mile walk through the Yorkshire Dales has raised a massive £7,000 for the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Can... Cancer Research App-eal.

About 100 people took part in the event, which was organised by the Rotary Club of Bradford, and started in Buckden.

Sponsorship brought in £3,389 and that was doubled by Bradford-based Sovereign Health Care to make a grand total of £6,778. The company has vowed to match pound-for-pound everything raised in the community, up to £10,000.

Co-ordinator Phillip Sharp said about 100 people took part in the walk and everyone had enjoyed themselves.

"The rain kept off and we had some sunny spells as well and everything went like clockwork." He said they were very pleased with how much the walk had raised and the average per participant was very high.

"We are more than pleased - we'll do anything to help the Bradford Can... Appeal."

He said they had presented the money to the Bradford Can... Appeal though there might be some more cash yet to come in. The Rotary Club of Bradford holds the walk every two years for charity. Appeal manager Tish Burton walked part of the route and manned a checkpoint for the rest of the event.

She said she was thrilled with the amount raised and thanked everyone involved for their efforts. "It was a wonderfully sunny day, 100 walkers set off and many of them managed to complete 21 miles. It was good fun and a terrific sum was raised."

Walkers were first taken by bus from Bolton Abbey to the starting point and then they passed through Kettlewell, Grassington and Burnsall to Bolton Abbey.

The Bradford Can... Appeal started last September and is aiming to raise £1 million for pioneering cancer research at Bradford University's Cancer Research Unit and trials of drugs to treat the disease at Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Once the £1 million has been met, it will unlock another £5 million of funding from Cancer Research UK.