Heroes every one — our UK team, that is, who walked the wilds of Dartmoor in the UK over a long, long weekend to raise funds for our beautiful bears and programmes helping all animals of Asia. Poor UK Director Gill wrote to say that she was “done in”, but that they had finally made it to the end, with sore feet and tired bodies — and very, very happy that they were well on their way to raising their target of £1,500. The pics speak for themselves — and thank goodness the weather was kind.

Gill also wrote that in the same weekend, “We had two super Sally’s also raising funds for Animals Asia — one Sally ran the London Marathon and the other Sally braved a tandem skydive, so a great weekend all round.”

Enjoy the full summary from Gill and Nicky here and please consider donating however much you can afford to help ease the pain of their aching limbs and blisters.