A COUPLE have reeled in a whopping £2,250 for Kemp Hospice by asking fishermen based on their land for donations.

Champagne winners Val and Eddie Blount, of Hawkbatch Farm in Bewdley, own a field fronting the River Severn from where two fishing clubs cast their lines.

For the past 10 years each visiting car has been asked to give 50p to the hospice and Mrs Blount, 66, said the fishermen were "very supportive".

Up to 10 cars a day descend on the farm at the height of the season, which runs from June until February.

"We only did it initially so people had to stop at the house and we knew who was on the farm - it was security really," she said.

"Then we thought the money can go to charity. We chose Kemp because it's local and it's supporting local people."

Two years ago her 68-year-old husband raised £250 for the hospice by abseiling down Blackstone cliff at Bewdley and the couple pledged to continue supporting it.