I AM appealing on behalf of Heart Research for any walkers with a heart for a challenge to take part in Heart Research's Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge on Saturday, June 18.

We are dedicated to fighting the nation's biggest killer -- heart disease -- and we need your help to ensure that our vital work in the battle to beat the disease continues.

Returning for its ninth year, the event takes walkers through the three highest peaks in Yorkshire -- Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough -- involving a cumulative ascent of over 1,500 metres and covering over 26 miles of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Participants can choose to do one, two or all three peaks, making this an event for families as well as serious walkers.

If you would like to take up the challenge for 2005 or simply would like more information please contact the Heart Research team on 0113 234 7474 or email fundraising@heartresearch.org.uk

DEREK EDWARDS, Fundraising Manager, Heart Research, Suite 12D Joseph's Well, Leeds, LS3 1AB.