A pair of Dartmouth travel agents braced the cold recently with a sponsored swim and ice bath challenge to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation.

Kathleen Kennedy-Parkes and Layla Shoveler of Hays Travel took part in the challenge at Hangloose Adventure centre in Bluewater.

The pair raised £450 for the British Heart Foundation with the sponsored event and a cake sale in their store.

Branch manager, Kathleen Kennedy-Parkes, said: “I organised the sponsored swim to raise money for the British Heart Foundation in memory of my dad who passed away after a heart attack. I’m really proud that we managed to raise £450.”

The British Heart Foundation is the biggest independent funder of research into cardiovascular disease in the UK.