2020 The Planning Has Started

Marg’s 100 Mile Inverness & Great Glen Way Walk 2020

It’s that time of year again and I’ve been planning my walk for 2020. I’ve completed most of my annual 100 Mile Walks in various parts of England and one in Wales. 
I felt it was time to redress the balance so this year’s walk is in Scotland - the flattest bit of Scotland I could find - the Great Glen Way (plus an extra day’s walking to make it up to 100 miles) 

I intend to “bimble” around Inverness on Saturday 18th April 2020 visiting Fort George, Cawdor Estate and possibly Culloden which makes up the miles. My walk ‘proper’, along the Great Glen Way, will start on Sunday 19th April at Inverness. I’ll walk approximately 79 miles of the Great Glen Way via Fort Augustus and onto the finish in Fort William on Friday 24th April. 

Each year my supporters amaze and humble me with their generosity. I’m hoping to raise funds for two charities this year. The first is Cancer Research UK as I have no doubt that it is thanks to their research that I have survived two separate brushes with breast cancer and that a number of my friends have also benefited. Sadly, we all know of friends or family not as lucky who cancer has claimed or who are living with the diagnosis of a life-limiting disease. The research into the many aspects of this terrible disease must continue in order to try and give everyone the best chance possible. My second charity is the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association, the only veteran’s charity set up specifically to cater for the needs of female veterans. Females are often the forgotten ‘heroes’ - forgotten by society in general but also frequently under-resourced by ‘Veteran’ society as well. The WRAC Association gives not only financial support to female army veterans but also provides emotional support to a section of our community that often suffers from isolation and loneliness. The WRAC Association is a safe haven where female veterans can find the support and friendship that is often all that is required to overcome their difficulties.

This year, in view of the fact that I’m not getting any younger, I’ll be taking 7 days instead of the usual six. According to all the guidebooks most people start at Fort William and finish in Inverness. I contemplated that at first but, after looking at the profile of the walk I soon changed my mind. It seemed far more sensible to me to get the steep, nasty, ‘climby’ bit over and done with at the start when I’m fresher. And, when you look at the map, it strikes me that walking from north-east to south-west looks as if you’re walking downhill!! 

                         (I’m walking the green Low Route not the yellow High Route)

As usual I am hoping to raise funds through Raffles and Events but mainly via my Virgin Money Giving site at:

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/MargaretDaviesWRAC

If you have any queries or comments please contact me via the comments section of this Blog. 

Thank you for reading this far!!