May 25, 2000
Surveyors net £1,000 for Lincoln Castle charity abseil

Two surveyors with a head for heights - Daniel Race and Chris Burford-Bradshaw - from city chartered surveyors, Hodgson
Elkington, bagged almost £1,000 by abseiling down the west front of Lincoln Castle to raise money for a talking book service for the blind and visually impaired.

They handed over the cash to Royal Institute of the Blind events
canvasser Ellan Paice after completing the 80 ft decent at the
weekend.

"The last time I did anything like this was when I was at school and abseiled down a rock face in Iceland. It was pretty nerve-wracking but well worth the effort. Between us we raised £974 thanks to our clients, colleagues and friends," said Daniel.

Colleague Chris Burford-Bradshaw is an experienced climber and
has conquered major peaks in the UK, the Alps and the 22,494 ft Ama Dablan mountain near Everest in the Himalayas.

He's also abseiled down 200 ft cliffs, so the short distance down Lincoln Castle proved no obstacle.

"The Royal National Institute for the Blind helped my own grandmother considerably with her disability and I'm only too pleased we were able to put something back into such a worthy cause," said Chris.

For further information please contact:-
Daniel Race tel: 01522 512232 or Paul Croft tel: 01427 788319

Issued on behalf of Hodgson Elkington by Croft Communications Ltd.

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