THE Dorchester Casterbridge Rotary Club takes to the streets in the run- up to Christmas on its annual sleigh run, this year to raise money for children's charities including CLIC and the NSPCC.

On Wednesday, December 6, it will be in Castle Park; on December 7, it will be around Queens Avenue and Coburg Road, and on December 8 it will be in Victoria Park.

On Monday, December 11, it will visit Fordington Fields and the Came View estate; on December 13 it can be seen in Fordington.

On December 14, it will be in the Monmouth Road area and the following day it will be on Herringston Road, Eldridge Close, Manor Road, Kingsbere Crescent and Mellstock Avenue.

The float makes its final run on December 18 when it will be in Wetherbury Way and Shaston Crescent. All visits will be between 6.15pm and 8.30pm.