“
If someone had told me a
on a bus in
only a bra covered
M
ore than 12,000 people, But none the less - there we found
including 1000 men, in ourselves on Saturday 14th of June in
decorated bras, took to the Edinburgh preparing to do the Moonwalk
streets of Edinburgh recently in aid of breast cancer along with others
for the third Moonwalk event. Organisers from IBM Greenock who I am sure else-
hope to have raised £4 million this time where were having similar thoughts of a
for breast cancer charities. Walkers set very surreal moment in their lives. For
off late overnight into Sunday morning several months Lynn and I had trained
and made their way round either a 26.2 very diligently - including a 20 mile final
mile long course or a 13.1 mile half- practice walk in pouring rain, thunder and
marathon – or ‘half moon’ – route. lightening (we did not know you could
actually get that wet!) and after all that
A number of people from IBM Greenock training it was very strange to finally be at
participated; some took on the ‘half the event itself.
moon’ whilst the others walked through
the night, comple ting the whole walk! Driving through to the Moonwalk that
They included Jean Kerr, Lynn Runcie, Liz afternoon our hearts sank when we
Jolly, Eileen Virtue, Tony Reid and passed through a hail shower (seriously
Stephan Petho, as well as ex-IBMer people - June? Hail?) and, although I
Barbara Jones (apologies if anyone else didn't want to say anything other than
out there did the walk without us positive things, I was thinking if the
knowing!). Each of our walkers had their weather was going to be like that I would
own reasons for taking on this huge struggle that evening.
challenge, and each would have had
their own thoughts and feelings about the When you arrive at Mooncity in
walk, and throughout the walk. Edinburgh it's a wonderful sight,
thousands of women (and 1,000 men -
We asked Jean Kerr to share her good on you guys!) all lined up in
experience with us ……. fabulous bras with the same purpose,
raising money for breast cancer. There
If someone had told me a year ago that is a gigantic pink marquee (and if I had
I'd be get ting on a bus in Edinburgh the cash you know I'd have that bad boy
wearing only a bra covered by cerise in my back garden for my birthday!) and
pink fur and two strategically placed as you enter the gates of the city there
gerbera flowers - that alone would have was a wonderful drum group and the
led me to think they were quite mad. buzz was quite something. It was
Add to that equation that I was get ting actually when I spotted the banks and
on said bus with my friend (talented banks of por taloos that I realised the
decorator of said bras!) Lynn in order to scale of the event, and the number of
power walk 26.2 miles through the night I people still to come.
would have assumed they had taken a
sharp blow to the head or had been
drinking through the day.
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