Sister act needs £30K to save flumes

TWO sisters fighting to save Beau Sejour's flumes are hoping Guernsey businesses will come up with the funding to hold on to their favourite pastime.

Kelly and Lynsey de Carteret were among the first to use the flumes when they opened 20 years ago and their late mother, Gillian, even worked as a flume attendant.

Now the two are appealing to community-orientated businesses to raise the £30,000 needed to keep the water slides open for another two years while they look for a long-term solution.

'I have written lots of letters and received lots of encouragement but we only have until Christmas to find the £30,000 if we are to keep the flumes,' said Kelly de Carteret

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