Home to Nethy Bridge after 100 kilometres in a kilt
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“I might take a few days to get over this,” admitted Nethy Bridge granny Liz MacRae, “but I’m super happy that we managed the whole distance!”
She and her friend Susan Duncan had just Kiltwalked 100 kilometres to raise vital funds for Baby James snuggle blankets at Children’s Hospices Across Scotland.
The quest over last weekend was all in the name of her much-loved late little grandson James Zander Anderson.
He was just 16 months old when he passed away as a result of Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood in October 2017.
Since then, Liz and the rest of the family have been working with the Angel Wings Baby and Child Loss charity to create the Angel Wings Baby James Legacy.
“I’m just recovering now!” admitted Liz.
“But it was a brilliant weekend. We set off at 7am last Friday morning (11) walked from Bowling at the start of the Forth and Clyde Canal, and arrived at the Falkirk Wheel at 7pm after 33 miles of walking!
“We suffered a lot of very heavy rain, arriving totally soaked, but still smiling.”
Sunday saw the brave “kilters” set off at 7am from the wheel, but luckily the weather was better, with a few light showers.
Liz said: “We even had to navigate a detour following a landslide on the canal path! But finally we arrived in Edinburgh, exhausted, but still smiling. This time it was 30 miles done.
“So far our funding page is sitting at just over £1300 which is £300 over our original target. And this will be topped up by the Tom Hunter Foundation by 50 per cent.”
Liz confessed to feeling “totally exhausted”.
She said: “My feet are blistered, my legs aching, but I’m just so happy we did it – and hopefully we will still get a few more donations before the funding page is closed on Tuesday .”
This afternoon (Sunday) the campaign was just short of its £1500 target. Donations to get it 'over the line' can be made here
