A horribly good time had by all
GRAVESTONES in the forest, skeletons in the bunker and rats in the maize field were among the spooky features of the final Bunker of Horrors fundraiser.
The sold-out event saw 1,000 islanders of all ages head out west, many in fancy dress, over the course of Saturday.
A 60-strong team of volunteers helped bring the event to life, running games and manning the various points around the three areas.
The event was organised by Kim Carre and Rachel Luff, to raise money for Go, La Houguette School and Health Connections. It kicked off with 500 people in the lunchtime session on Saturday, followed by a further 500 in the evening.
Mrs Luff said it was meant to be a giant trick-or-treating event.
‘It’s going amazingly well,’ she said. ‘It is perfect weather. People are really enjoying it.’
And following rain earlier in the week, the volunteers put down wood chip on the path through the maize field to make it more stable under foot. But Saturday stayed dry and sunny.
Among the young people exploring the maize field were siblings Olivia, five, and Oscar Marsh, eight, who were both dressed as skeletons.
‘It’s been lots of fun,’ said Oscar. ‘The best scare was the rat.’
Around the corner the woodland had been decorated as a graveyard.
Exploring it was seven year-old Evelyn Bourgaize, who decided to dress up as Wednesday from the Addams Family, and her friend Claudia Vermeulen, seven, who was dressed as a vampire.
‘I chose Wednesday because she is my favourite person – she is a nice, creepy girl,’ said Evelyn, who even had a hand balanced on her shoulder to represent Thing.
This was the third time the event has been held, with each one getting bigger. It has proved to be a lot of work for the organisers, which has become too much.
‘This will be the last one,’ said Mrs Luff. ‘It is quite sad and part of us would love to do it again. But there is so much work involved and we need so many helpers.’
