Easter egg hunt is cracking good fun

Children descended on Grandes Rocques on Easter Sunday, with parents in tow, to help with an egg hunt for one of the holiday’s bunnies.

Members of the Barlow family, who run the kiosk, were on hand to provide a map of where they could find the eggs and bring them back – five of one colour to qualify for a prize – and make sure they were returned to the Easter Bunny.

‘Everyone looks like they’re having fun and enjoying searching for the eggs,’ said organiser Jack Barlow.

‘There’s chocolate on offer for collecting them and bringing them back. We’ve also got the Easter Bunny here making an appearance to encourage the kids to help.’

One of those swinging their egg-filled baskets was six-year-old Isabelle Price.

‘She was so rapid collecting them, she might have to help the Easter Bunny next year,’ said her mum, Liz.

Isabelle said: ‘I just seen the colours and ran to them quickly, it’s fun.’

Eight-year-old Amelia Robins also revelled in the hunt.

‘I like being on the beach finding them,’ she said.

Also on offer during the day was a raffle filled with chocolate and cuddly toy prizes, with all proceeds made going to Hope for Guernsey, which raises money for The Wessex Medical Trust.

The charitable trust operates within the Wessex region, Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Isle of Wight, Guernsey and Jersey, and its mission is to raise funds for innovative research, predominantly at Southampton University, into a wide variety of conditions including macular degeneration, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

Rose Barlow, who is Mr Barlow’s grandmother, said it was a cause close to their heart.

‘I’ve had cancer twice and it’s thanks to research and the help of charities like these that we can find out more about it and develop treatments,’ she said.

‘Lockdown and the pandemic has been really tough for charities and they need all the money they can get, this is our way of helping with that and thanking them for the work they do by raising awareness and helping them to continue.’