Girls step out to raise funds for new camping hut

More than £1,000 was raised by guides, brownies and rainbows for a new hut in Windsor Great Park.

The £1,066 raised by the girls and their families will go towards building a new camping hut at Wickwood Campsite.

They took on a three-mile walk from the campsite through Valley Gardens, which included a scavenger hunt where they had to answer clues. Back at the campsite there was a raffle, cake decorating, loom band making, a plant stall, a tombola and a barbecue.

An estimated £150,000 is needed for the new building, which will replace the 35-year-old structure on the site. It will include modern facilities to allow youngsters of all ages to stay at the campsite for overnight indoor events and holidays.

Ros Reddy, 1^st Old Windsor Guide Unit leader, said: “We had a very successful and enjoyable afternoon which was one of our main fundraising events for the new hut.

"To date we are halfway with our fundraising and in September we have a black tie evening at Cumberland Lodge. We also hold a fundraising Wickwood breakfast every term and we are collecting foreign currency.”

The walk took place on May 13.