After a one year break the troop’s annual charity fund raiser is making a come back in June.

The Sun Run is an all night hike, racing against the sun. Setting off from Ely on the dot of sun set scouts will run, hike or do whatever it takes to follow the River Cam back to Cambridge. On route they will dodge cows (yes they do sleep standing up!), wake up people on house boats and generally find out what the small hours of the morning look like 🙂

A pause for breath – Sun Run 2012

Exhausted scouts reach the finish line – Sun Run 2011

It’s not just another hike though, as long as being incredibly long at 18 miles the scouts get sponsored for their efforts and every year raise a huge amount for charity. The scouts chose the charity to support, in previous years it has been East Anglian Children’s Hospice, SOS Children’s Villages and Jimmy’s Night Shelter. This year they have chosen Child’s Play.

Child’s Play work to try and brighten the lives of children and teenagers who find themselves in hospital and even sadly in a hospice by providing toys and computer games to hospitals. In doing so they provide a fun and welcome distraction from what can be a highly distressing experience.It can be anything from toddler’s building blocks to computer game consoles. You can read more about them here.

We hope to have details of how you can sponsor the scouts on this years trek shortly so watch this space!