The foot and mouth crisis has forced an Oxfordshire charity to postpone its fund- raising trek up Snowdonia in Wales, which would have raised £60,000 in sponsorship.

Regain, based in Shirburn Road, Watlington, is the only charity in the UK dedicated to raising funds for people who have become tetraplegic - paralysed from the neck down - in a sporting accident.

Twenty teams have already registered for the Snowdonia Charity Challenge, which was due to take place on July 15. It will now go ahead on September 15.

The charity postponed the event as a precaution against the spread of foot and mouth disease.

In the challenge, teams of four would have attempted to cycle 40 miles, climb Mount Snowdon, and then canoe across a lake.

Organiser Ann Frampton said: "We are of course hoping that people will be able to get back into the countryside fairly soon.

"Many places are starting to open, so this means teams will be able to get out and train in plenty of time for the new date in September.

"Anyone who would like to take part on the new day can contact me on 01590 612227 for further information and an application form."

Up to 30 teams of four can take part. Each each is asked to raise £2,000 sponsorship.

Meanwhile, the farm where foot and mouth was first detected in Oxfordshire is about to re-stock with sheep.

Farmer Clive Hawes hopes to bring livestock on to Grange Farm, Little Chesterton, near Bicester, this week, once paperwork is finalised.

Forty sheep were moved on to land at South Hinksey which Mr Hawes also farms, a week ago.

Just under 1,000 sheep from both holdings were destroyed in March, after the disease was discovered.