FIREFIGHTERS in the New Forest completed a 360-mile bike ride around Hampshire to raise funds for charity.

An eight-man squad set out from Fordingbridge and visited each of the 53 fire stations in the county over a three-day period.

Organiser Peter White said: "It was a very gruelling challenge but we hope to have raised in the region of £2,000."

Some of the money will be donated to Fording-bridge Community First Responders, which uses medically trained volunteers to treat seriously ill patients until the ambulance arrives.

The rest of the cash will go to the Fire Service National Benevolent Fund.