TEENAGERS have been lending a helping hand to make life easier for people walking the Three Peaks in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The young people faced everything from sunshine to wind and rain as they shovelled tonnes of aggregate on the path going up Pen-y-ghent and then spread it over the worn surface.

The group then came back the next day to do a sponsored walk up Pen-y-ghent and raised £385.50 for the Three Peaks Project, set up by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) to maintain the heavily-used network of paths connecting the famous hills.

The weekend was organised by Kabeer Bostan from Mosaic, a project that is raising awareness among 16 to 25-year-olds about the special qualities of the Yorkshire Dales through free training and taster days.