Walkers from the events industry have raised £23k for charity Pancreatic Cancer Research after taking part in the Howard’s Way Walk in memory of colleague Howard Kerr.

The fifth walk covered a 102-mile stretch of The Cotswold Way, starting from Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, and ending in Bath. The challenge was inspired by freelance logistics manager Howard Kerr, who lost his life in 2008 to pancreatic cancer.

Between the first walk in 2008 and 2012, the event and related fundraising activities have raised more than £270k, which has funded a Ph.D studentship award for a researcher at Barts Hospital’s Institute of Cancer.

Howard’s brother-in-law Nick Grecian, managing director of events crewing firm Gallowglass, planned the route and was accompanied by a group of events industry friends including Andrew Dixey, strategy manager for Jaguar Land Rover Global Government & Military; Simon Wood, operations director for GL Events Owen Brown; Adrian Parsons, technical director for TSG, and Laura Moody, managing director at Blondefish.

Grecian said: “This year was our toughest challenge ever but well worth the agony. We upped the ante again, completing the walk in only three days. We covered about 40 miles on day one and split the balance over the subsequent days."