This mum and dad are sleeping on their roof in howling wind and rain to raise cash to supply solar panels for the entire street. Parents-of-two Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn, whose children are aged 10 and 12, dragged their double bed and two lamps onto their terraced house roof last month and have been kipping up there ever since.
The artists, both 45, have battled heavy rain, wind and plunging temperatures in a bid to raise £100,000 to supply their street in Walthamstow, North London, with renewable energy panels. The couple, who hauled everything onto the roof via their loft window, will endure the soggy bone-chilling temperatures until they smash their target, which currently stands at £83,000.
Dan said that although their initial target was £50,000, they have now doubled it double it to £100,000, expecting to be on the roof for a little while yet. Hilary said: "Every night we sleep here [on the roof], basically from when dark falls.
