PROPERTY was swapped for peddling when staff at a Swindon estate agents took on a 12-hour cycling charity challenge.

Starting at 8am on June 30, the 12-hour effort by staff at Castles Residential Sale and Lettings, along with special guests, was raising money for The Salvation Army and to support GB triathlete Kev Tonner at the Geneva ETU Triathlon European Championships. Mr Tonner and top cycle time trialist and cycling consultant to Etape Suisse, Nick Lowe, were among those who took part, as well as business woman Sara Tye, Mark Puffett, managing director of MLL Print, Dom Machell, group leader and independent distributor for Telecom Plus PLCover, and Jeremy Morcumb, owner of Mortgage Advice Bureau Swindon. The effort saw participants ride more than 250 miles.

Mark Noble, founder and managing director of Castles Residential Sales & Lettings, said: “The Salvation Army transforms the lives of thousands here in Swindon, across the UK and throughout the world,” he said.

“It’s also great to do our bit for our local athletes. Kev Tonner is an incredible triathlete." who trains and competes at the highest level.”

A sports therapist with Championship football club, Reading, Tonner also runs the successful Swindon Injury Clinic from Run, Wood Street, Swindon.

He has been training for the 2015 Geneva ETU Triathlon European Championships since qualifying in June 2104, at the Rother Valley Country Park triathlon, in Sheffield.

For more information on Castles Residential Sales and Lettings, visit www.castlesproperty.co.uk.