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Words and pics: James Webber
Back after a two-year sabbatical for the C-word, and now in its fourth year, the annual Children’s Hospice Run took place on 10 December. Organised again by Sue Watts, with help from John Lobb, the plan was simple. Meet at 10am at a local car park then, once everyone was there, head off and cruise the short distance to Little Harbour Children’s Hospice in Saint Austell, park up, let the children come out to see the cars and hand over presents to the children and staff. Some participants decorated their cars and dressed up in festive costumes to make it more fun for the kids, too. John Lobb’s 58 Apache van was kitted out as a travelling grotto and carried the gifts up to the hospice. A minimum £10
donation was asked of all taking part; due to the adverse weather conditions that struck most of the UK that weekend, a lot of people didn’t come but still contributed to the cause.
‘Participants decorated their cars and dressed up in festive costumes to make it fun for the kids’ Gifts for the kids included Amazon vouchers and cinema tickets, and there
was a selection of cakes and biscuits for the nurses who look after them and have done throughout the pandemic. Once the run was finished, local hot rodder Graham Snow invited all the participants back to his holiday park for a heart-warming meal and hot drink at his on-site diner. Despite the snow and icy conditions, the Run attracted 16 cars in total. Sue told me afterwrd that the event had raised just over £1100 overall, which is an incredible amount considering the cost-of-living crisis. The donations will go a long way to helping the hospice – a huge thanks to Sue for organising again, and of course to all the nurses at Little Harbour for the wonderful work they do CC
Is that Santa’s grotto? Nope, it’s John Lobb’s ‘58 Chevy Apache, which arrived at Little Harbour bearing gifts for the kids and staff alike
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