1,500 walkers and runners – including many from the Burnham-On-Sea area – swarmed onto Uphill beach on Sunday to take part in the Weston Colour Run, raising £40,000 for Weston Hospicecare.
Dressed in white with neon tutus, sweat bands, leg warmers and sunglasses, the participants ran a 5km or 10km route whilst being showered in clouds of multi-coloured paint!
There was a team of bananas, a storm trooper and a few multi-coloured pooches who joined the masses for the route along the beach.
Among the Burnham and Highbridge runners were Jackie Tanner and Nicola Noad (pictured below), Nicola Stent, Ellie Chilcott and Wendy Slade.
Claire Dibben, Event Fundraiser at Weston Hospicecare, said: “The atmosphere was incredible. The mass paint throw at the start was spectacular and those few seconds will stay with me for a long time.”
“The joy of seeing so many people enjoying themselves and raising funds for the hospice is incomparable. We cannot thank our Weston Colour Runners enough for coming along, showing their support, and getting into the spirit of the day. We’ve had fantastic feedback, and we can confirm now that we will be doing it all over again in 2015!”
Claire added: “Our events are always the combined effort of hundreds of people; without them we wouldn’t be able to provide such a great experience.”
“Sunday was a perfect example of our community at its finest, supporting one another and doing something great for a local cause – thank you, on behalf of Weston Hospicecare to everyone who helped, took part, came along to watch and spread the word about this event.”
