Hundreds turn out for Black Country charity walk - in pictures
From super heroes to aliens - hundreds of walkers dressed up in style as they put their best foot forward to raise tens of thousands of pounds for charity in a walk across the Black Country.
Around 800 people braved changeable weather to walk from Himley to Wolverhampton in aid of Promise Dreams.
Rain poured on Sunday morning as organisers gathered at Himley Hall to set up for the nine-mile Promise Dreams walk but the sun shone just before walkers set off for Wolverhampton Racecourse.
Many of those gathered at the start line said they had been helped by the charity or knew what a positive difference it could make to seriously or terminally ill children's lives.
Many walkers dressed up for the occasion - and it's hoped around £20,000 has been raised.
Willenhall mother Claire Felton, 39, was on her sixth annual walk for the charity - along with 26 other family members and friends.
She said: "We love it. We work all year for this walk because we know it's a massive fundraiser."
Her 11-year-old daughter Freya had raised nearly £900 herself after she was gifted a Wendy house by the charity seven years ago.
The St Thomas More Catholic School pupil suffers from pancreatitis and her team dressed up as aliens for the walk.
Former Wolves stars Don Goodman and Steve Bull have been long-standing patrons for Promise Dreams and saw the walkers off.
Don said: "It's the most amazing charity in the world. That is why I got involved and why I do anything to help these fundraisers. They turn out every year and you see a lot of the same faces and we are eternally grateful."
Steve added: "I know lots of people here. I have been to their houses, I have been to their schools. I know the kids. I have had laughter and jokes and I have cried too."
Other walkers included Zoe Harvey, 24, and Beth Hayden, 19, from Tipton. The nursery nurses, who dressed up as Batman and Robin, last completed the walk in 2014 after a girl they looked after at Lola-Belle's Day Nursery in Tipton died from cancer but was helped by the charity.
Colleague Lisa Hickman, 29, dressed up as Wonder Woman and former colleague Emma Cox, 24, joined in the fun by wearing a Superwoman costume.
The charity's co-founder Suresh Bawa, 50, said he hoped over £20,000 would be donated, which would pay for it to make 25 children's dreams come true.
He will be jetting off later this week along with his son, Arran, 19, and three others, this week to raise funds for Promise Dreams, The Way and Birmingham Children's Hospital by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. They have already collected £50,000.
