Page 6 - Town & Around - November 2021

6 Town & Around November 2021 Tel: 01485 540620 email: editor@townandaround.net
Dersingham abseilers descend for disabled loos

very successful day was had as the
courageous abseilers descended the
Atower of St Nicholas Church in
Dersingham on 2nd October.
Rev Mark Capron (Rector) led the way by
being the first over the edge followed by
members from many parts of the local
community. Abseilers included staff at
Dersingham Primary School, The Queen
Elizabeth Hospital, Dersingham Co-op, local
health care workers, police and a groom
getting married in the church next year!
The oldest was Martin (82) who showed his
class descending like a professional and the
youngest was little Harry having just
celebrated his 10th birthday!
Hundreds braved the inclement weather to
watch during the day making it a day for the
community to come together and enjoy. All
the participants, who were asked to raise a
minimum of £50 sponsorship, received their
certificate after safely touching down on the
ground again.
During the day there were lots of delightful
refreshments, crazy games, stalls, along with
a superb cake stall. It was a wonderful
occasion despite the rain, the joy and
encouragement by the crowd throughout the
day was remarkable and a testament to how
much people had been looking forward to this
special event.
Former Royal Marine and climbing
instructor Chris Priddy was in charge of the
abseiling and all the proper insurances were
in place. Rev Mark admitted to feeing a little
nervous beforehand but said that the
atmosphere was full of expectation and having
a cheering crowd really helped.
Rev Mark (Rector) said: “It has been an
amazing day with 50 people achieving
something both very memorable for
themselves and through sponsorship
benefiting the community in the process with
funds being raised going to the installation of
disabled toilets and kitchen facilities in the
much used and living church here in
Dersingham.”

Images by Ian Burt