BRIGHT yellow space hoppers bouncing along the Humber Bridge made an eye-catching spectacle.
More than 40 people from up and down the country bounced along the bridge to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust yesterday.
Among them were the family and friends of Amy Silby, who died after suffering from the condition in February, aged 22.
Her sister Melissa, 26, said: "We've set up a page for Amy and are doing lots of fundraising things throughout the year.
"I spoke to the trust and they mentioned about the Humber Bridge bounce, so this is the first big thing we are doing.
"We're also going to be doing other things like bag packs and pub crawls and do it all through her fundraising page."
Melissa, her brother Paul, 24, and friends of Amy all wore pictures of her on their backs to remember the former Bransholme resident.
Melissa said: "I know a lot of people who have cystic fibrosis and have known people who have passed away from it, so it is a charity very close to our hearts.
"Hopefully, we've raised about £800 between us as a group today."
A young bouncer from Leicester travelled to Hessle for the event, with his family.
Joseph Booth, ten, suffers from the lung condition and was there with his little brother Bobbie Madden-Jenkins, seven, mum Donna Spencer and step-dad Jeremy Spencer.
Joseph said: "I've been practising in hospital and had a little go around the car park before we set off."
Mum Donna said doctors have actually recommended that Joseph has fun on a space hopper, as part of his treatment.
She said: "He goes on the trampoline at home all the time.
"They advised him to go on a space hopper as part of his physiotherapy."
Cystic fibrosis is a life-shortening inherited disease affecting almost 10,000 people in the UK.
You cannot catch or develop it – it is something you are born with.
The condition means the lungs and digestive system become clogged with a thick sticky mucus.
Symptoms usually start in early childhood and include a persistent cough, recurring chest and lung infections and poor weight gain.
An early sign to look out for is unusually salty sweat, which becomes noticeable when you kiss your child.
There is no known cure for the condition, so the aim of treatment is to ease the symptoms.
Pat Kilpatrick, north regional fundraising manager for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, said: "This is the tenth year we have been doing the Humber Bridge Big Bounce and in the past decade we have raised about £60,000 with this event.
"We also have supporters doing their own events and we recently had a lot of fundraisers doing the Hull 10K for us."
Pat said that with the economic decline, many people do not do the bridge bounce every year and fundraising has been difficult.
But despite this, she was pleased to see more than 40 people taking part in yesterday's event.
She said: "We had a big rebranding in April so now we are all in bright yellow, which made us stand out a lot on the bridge.
"The weather held up as well, so it was a really good event."
Money raised from the bridge bounce is being donated to the trust to invest in cutting-edge research to develop better treatments and, ultimately, find a cure.
Funds will also help provide support to those with cystic fibrosis and their families and help the charity to drive up standards in medical care in the region.
Visit www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk to find out more about the charity.
To support the Silby family's fundraising efforts, visit http://uk.virginmoney giving.com/shine brightlikeadiamond/amysilby
