Students from the Isle campus of the College of West Anglia, staff, RAF Commandos and the RAF Benevolent Fund joined forces to mount a fundraising change. The Hudson leisure centre in Wisbech was the venue as some 70 students on uniformed services courses set out to raise money in an unusual way and for a good cause. They set out to complete a 302.5-mile trek to take them the equivalent of travelling from the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to Marble Arch in London – the reverse of the route they undertook earlier this year. The team of 70 students ran, swam and cycled the same distance as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris to Marble Arch, starting with cycling 194 miles on a cycling machine, swimming the equivalent of 22 miles across the “Channel” and then ending with 86.5 miles to “London”. And their swimming went so well it was decided to undertake more running and cycling to make use of the spare time. It is hoped the students will have raised as much as £800 during the day. This will go to the RAF Benevolent Fund for whom Bryan Kettle came from Oxfordshire to represent its southern regional team. Adding to the Forces theme were three commandos from RAF Wittering who took part in some of the exhausting events. It had been organised for the college by Adi Kent and John Yare, both uniformed services lecturers at the Isle campus. Their previous gruelling challenge was in May when they raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support.