Those taking part in the Heritage Beach Walk at Les Amarreurs Grande Harve, Vale, yesterday to raise money for the Mines Awareness Trust. Left to right: Lila the dog, Sue, Ben and Harry, 9, and George Remfrey, 8, Mark and Natascha Helyar, 11, and Jane Shambrook. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0571097)

ABOUT 100 people raised more than £3,000 for the Mines Awareness Trust yesterday by taking part in the Heritage Beach Walk.

All the money will go towards the trusts’ Dirk Ridge Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, which trains mine-detection dogs. And several walkers brought along their enthusiastic canines to help complete the 12.5-mile trek from Pembroke to Portelet Bay.

Most of the dogs seemed eager to carry on after reaching the finish line – their owners, however, did not seem so keen. ‘To have raised that much money with the number of people who took part is absolutely brilliant,’ said Sam Evans, head of fund-raising for MAT.