IT may not be the most obvious place for a sleepover but fundraisers have bedded down at Big Pit mining museum to raise money for the homeless.

London-based lawyer James Collis and photographer Duncan Clark stayed at the museum as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the homelessness issue.

The pair had chosen 75 of the most unusual places in the UK to spend the night, compiling a photographic record along the way to raise money for NCH Action for Children's House For Youth 2000 campaign.

Mr Collis explained: "We saw the book as an unusual guide for the home and international market.

"It will give readers a different view of these places that neither a standard guide book or visit will be able to afford. In a way, they can experience how they sound and feel when they are devoid of the crowds."

Other intended destinations their book, entitled Out For The Night, are the Forth Rail Bridge, the Eden Project, the Tate Modern, and the National History Museum.

Mr Collis continued: "Myself and another lawyer, Stuart Morgan, are splitting the venues between us.

"We just wanted to make a small contribution towards a major issue - the real challenge was convincing these places to take part in the first place, and the response has been phenomenal."