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Tour of Loose Valley Conservation Area raises money for Children In Need

08:00, 26 October 2015

updated: 08:52, 26 October 2015

Around 45 walkers took part in a stroll around the Loose Valley Conservation Area on Sunday in support of Children In Need.

The walk was organised by the Valley Conservation Society and the ramblers divided into two groups for a guided tour led by committee members Dennis Usmar and David Fleck.

Walkers gathered at the Conservation Cabin in Cave Hill
Walkers gathered at the Conservation Cabin in Cave Hill

They walked the Lower Loose Valley, seeing the work carried out by the society, and the new Hayle Park Nature Reserve, followed by tea and home-made cakes at The Manor at Hayle Place.

The tea tent
The tea tent

A total of £157 was donated on the day and a number of walkers also took sponsorship forms, from which the money is still to be collected.

Ducks on the millponds in Tovil
Ducks on the millponds in Tovil

For information about the society, visit them on Facebook.

The cake-bakers: Jane Holman and Robyn Smith
The cake-bakers: Jane Holman and Robyn Smith
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