THE sun shone brightly on families who stepped out to raise money for a leading regional children's charity yesterday.
The Children's Foundation held its Yellow Brick Road sponsored walk in the grounds of Beamish Museum, near Stanley, County Durham.
Walkers could take a four-mile route, a ramble on country tracks, or a one-mile walk, which was aimed at families with toddlers or children in wheelchairs or pushchairs.
Walkers had the opportunity to see the Georgian landscape that the museum is restoring through a £750,000 project, due to be completed in 2003.
They also had the chance to view the museum's attractions and try a funfair in the grounds.
Money raised by the event will go towards projects to improve the health and quality of life of youngsters in the North-East.
Since it was founded in 1990, the charity has raised money to build the Sir James Spence Institute in Newcastle, a centre of excellence for research into children's health.
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