A CHARITY worker is counting down the miles of a one-hundred-mile walk across the county to celebrate its landmark anniversary month.
Trevor Weeks MBE, from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue Ambulance Service (WRAS) set off from Bewl Water at the start of the month and aims to complete the trek on Eastbourne seafront for a special celebration on Friday evening.
He set off from Hailsham’s Common Pond this morning (Wednesday) on the latest section of the journey which has increased from the original 80-mile plan to almost one hundred in total.
The route zigzags across East Sussex to mark special locations where interesting rescues have taken place.
It’s all to raise money for the charity which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. Trevor has been working in wildlife rescue for 40 years.
Trevor is continuing to carry out his normal daily duties whilst doing the walk, such as organising volunteers and rescues, whilst pounding the pavements. Even during today’s walk, Trevor was called to rescue a deer locally, but then returned to the walking after.
Trevor told Hailsham News: “It’s been a crazy month so far. We’ve had two deer rescues this week and a seal rescue in St. Leonards, on top of the normal daily running of the charity, so it’s just been a lot more manic than we’ve expected.
“We’re already getting baby birds coming in and already have a group of five fox cubs in. Everybody’s working their socks off at the moment and we’re not even in the busy season.”
Trevor set up WRAS 40-years ago from Hailsham, so the Common Pond, where he set off from this morning, has a special place in his heart.
He added: “I used to be one of the Wardens here many, many years ago when I was a youngster. The Hailsham Common Pond is a special place for me, I’ve spent a lot of time here over the years and it’s really nice to see that the council have invested in the pond. It’s so much better than it used to be and they are trying to take care of it and look after it on a fairly limited budget.”
More than £1,000 has been raised in sponsorship money. Click here to sponsor and see updates from Trevor.
