When mobile hairdresser Marian Grimes, 63, from Norfolk, found a hedgehog in the road one day, seven years ago, she instinctively knew something was wrong.
Having grown up in the countryside, feeding the birds and loving nature, she knew the little fellow was in trouble.
‘I initially picked him up and put him under a hedge,’ says Marian. ‘But something stopped me leaving him there. I thought, “No, hedgehogs shouldn’t be out in the day.”’
She took the hedgehog – who she named Paul, after her husband – to a friend, Sandra, who ran a hedgehog sanctuary. Fortunately, Paul recovered, but Marian soon discovered that Sandra had to give up her work.
‘I was worried,’ Marian says. ‘Who would take in hedgehogs without her?’
Marian’s mind was made up and,…
