The team from Melhuish & Saunders abseiled 130ft off of Uphill Quarry near Weston-super-Mare on the 23rd September.

The weather couldn't have been better for the team of nine! Heading to the location you could see the equipment in place, and it looked very high from afar and at the foot the cliff it seemed to double!  

Undaunted the team trekked up to the top of the cliff and prepared one by one to take a backward step over the edge ! Darryl Mitchard, Managing Director of Melhuish & Saunders said afterwards:

"I was so impressed by everyone who took the plunge, special shout out to my children who seemed to just take it in their stride, Bella being the youngest to take on the abseil at being just nine-years-old!

"Everyone did so well, and it has been great to raise money for the Somerset Wildlife Trust!"

Melhuish & Saunders have been a Corporate Supporter of the Somerset Wildlife Trust for many years and celebrating their 100th year in the construction industry in April, part of the celebrations was wanting to raise money for Somerset Wildlife Trust.

 Many thanks to the instructors from Aardvark Endeavours who facilitated the abseil and for Somerset Wildlife Trust for the opportunity! 

If you haven't yet, and would like to sponsor the team any donations are appreciated: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/melhuishandsaundersltd