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Two Lancaster University students are in the middle of a 260 mile hike from Lancaster to Glasgow to raise awareness of climate change, in the run up to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.

Jamie Malone and Ben Shellien started from Lancaster earlier this month, and plan to arrive in Glasgow as the conference starts on November 1.

On the way the two are raising funds for woodland restoration project “Restoring Hardknott Forest”, who plan to plant thousands of native trees on their site to boost biodiversity and help with climate change.

Lancaster students' fundraising hike for trees and climate