Trickey trekkers return to help Air Ambulance

Hundreds of runners and walkers will be returning to the Blackdown Hills this autumn to help raise funds for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA).

It will be the second year that the DSAA has held its fund-raising Trickey Warren Trek event over a mix of 10k, 4k, and 2k routes for serious and fun runners alike.

The trek takes place on Sunday, September 19, at Culmhead, a former Second World War fighter airfield between Chard and Taunton, in Somerset.

Last year, more than 200 runners and walkers took part and £10,000-plus was raised for the life-saving Air Ambulance service

For 2010, there will again be a 2k family friendly ‘fun run’ and 4k and 10k individual runs which will be open for all, plus the Milsted Langdon Team Challenge for groups of four people who are not part of a registered running club

Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance charity manager Charlotte Routley said: “Each year we have to raise £1.4 million without receiving any Government or Lottery funding.

“We rely entirely on the public to support us and events like the Trickey Warren Trek help to bring in the funds we need to keep on saving lives.”

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and has attended more than 7,300 emergencies since its launch, saving many lives with the speed at which casualties have been taken to hospital.

Entry forms for the Trickev Warren Trek 2010 can be downloaded from the DSAA website at www.dorsetandsomersetairambulance.org.uk, or can be obtained by emailing info@dorsetandsomersetairambulance.org.uk or calling 01823 669604.