Two days of mud and mayhem filled a corner of Cumbria.

About 4,000 people descended on Shap over the weekend to take on Total Warrior – one of the country’s leading obstacle course events.

They included a 40-strong team put together by Wiz Lees, an independent fitness instructor based in Shap, and her husband Chris.

Together they embarked on Saturday’s 10km event.

The team included 18-year-old Rachel Glendinning, of Parklands Crescent, Penrith, who was attempting Total Warrior for the first time, and her best friend Alisha Wharton, 19, of Appleby.

Rachel, who picks up her A-level results later this month from Ullswater Community College, added: “My favourite part was where you had to climb up some hay bales and jump off and hit a bell at the same time before landing in the water below.

“It was really fun, so much so that Alisha and I went home and signed up for the Pretty Muddy event that’s taking place at Lowther in September for Cancer Research.”

Other obstacles on the route included scramble nets and jumping over a pit of fire.

The University of Cumbria had a team taking part.

Its Carlisle-based communications and external affairs manager Lynn Bewley captained the TeamTen crew which has found adventurous ways of marking the university’s 10th anniversary year during 2017-18.

She said: “TeamTen is a grassroots initiative inspired by staff and students at UoC coming together to train and participate in sporting events as a team.

“As a way of celebrating the university’s 10-year anniversary we decided to challenge ourselves to 10 events throughout the year and Total Warrior is the penultimate challenge.

“We’re doing a three peaks challenge on September 1st to round off the year.”Total Warrior is recognised as the pinnacle of obstacle racing, with around 25 punishing obstacles at each of its events.

Shap has been the home of Total Warrior since it began in 2011.

It offered a 10km course on Saturday and Sunday. There was also a 10-mile event yesterday.