Enfield Night Hike overwhelming success

The Enfield Night Hike, which started at Enfield Civic Centre and saw Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville wave off the willing walkers was raising money for Barnet and Chase Farm's da Vinci Robot which helps make complicated surgery easier, and the Nightingale Hospice Trust which helps local people living with cancer.

The full amount of money raised will not be known until 15th July.

Cllr Bambos Charalambous, Cabinet Member for Leisure and Culture said "This event was a huge success, bigger than we could have imagined with a lot of positive feedback. We are going to make it an even bigger event next year to mark 2012.

"The women liked the fact that they were helping local charities that would be benefitting local people. They all ended up having a really great time. It was a fantastic event."