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Published Date: 10 June 2007
ARE you one of the 10,000 women - and men - taking part in next Saturday night's Moonwalk? If so, share your stories.
• Are you taking part in memory of a loved one?
• Or because your own life has been touched by cancer?
• Maybe you've been in training for months - or have you left it to the last gasp?
• Have you done the Moonwalk before?
• Was it a walk in the park or an uphill struggle?

Tell us your story in the comments section immediately below - and when it's all over, let us know how you got on.

Send us your photos and we'll put a selection of the best on the website.

Whether or not you're doing the Walk, if your life has been touched by breast cancer, share your experiences below or make a donation at the official MoonWalk site.

Three of the women featured in our Spectrum special report will be taking part in the Edinburgh Moonwalk next Saturday.

In addition, four members of staff at Spectrum have also entered a team. Read our blister-by-blister account of why we got involved and how we shaped up too.

Margot White, Moonwalker 2007, starts the ball rolling:

"There are probably more comfortable ways to watch the sun rise over the Royal Yacht Britannia, less exhausting ways to raise money for breast cancer charities and better things to do when friends volunteer to take the kids. But I did it last year and I'm doing it again this year... The Moonwalk, Edinburgh, is addictive."

Now it's your turn. Tell us your story within the comments section.

The full article contains 271 words and appears in Scotland On Sunday newspaper.
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1

Kerry Sweeney,

Crieff 14/06/2007 20:54:40

I am looking forward to the Moonwalk, firstly yo raise money towards any help for breast cancer and secondly i can't wait to have a great night with my friends doing something so worthwhile. My life has been affected by cancer twice, once when i lost a great friend to breast cancer at only 30 years of age and when my own Mum had cancer. Thats why i will be proud to walk with my Mum on Saturday night

2

Linda Howitt (Lids),

Cumbernauld 17/06/2007 16:41:23

I had a scare when I was much younger that turned my whole attitude to life on it's head. I was lucky, the problem was benign and after a few weeks of tremendous worry I came away from the experience feeling like I'd been handed my life back. This is such a good way to use my time and efforts. I get to enjoy life, improving my own health and fitness while doing something worthwhile for others.

3

Clover Garlick,

Aberdeen 18/06/2007 09:06:56

It was a fantastic experience - all 26.2 miles of it! From - the months of sociable training walks along the Deeside line, decorating our Brae Ma's bras, the pasta feast before the event; To the walk itself - the huge pink tent and queues for the loos in the Meadows, Arthurs Seat in the dark and mist, the Royal Mile at closing time, Prince's Street and Queen Street in the rain, sunrise at Leith, a tipsy gambler outside the casino donating £20 of his winnings (he'd just won a £1000 and wanted to share it and wondered why all these women were walking past him at 4:30am in their bras!), the final 4 mile push up hill to the finish with blisters burning, and crossing the finish line 7 hrs after we started! End result - a feeling a great achievement, several blisters, and over £1500 (plus £20) raised for a great cause...

4

Volunteer No 7711,

East Lothian 18/06/2007 19:36:44

I knew I'd never be able to walk 26.2 miles, so decided to volunteer instead. I'd looked at the website, checked out the video/piccies and thought...that looks amazing and I'd love to be a part of it... I wasn't disappointed.

It was an absolutely amazing experience. I consider myself to be incredibly lucky to have been allowed to be a part of it, and will be volunteering again next year.

Well done to all everyone who took part...you did an incredible job.

5

JOYCE FAIRLIE,

PERTH 20/06/2007 06:42:14

I walked the Walk, I’ve got the blisters
And spent that night, proud of my sisters
Thousands of us, each with a story
Who tholed the pain for a greater glory

I wore my Bra, despite the weather
And in the course of many a blether
I found, like me, so many there
Walking the Walk, to show they care

Twenty-six miles, through sleepless night
For ‘Cause’ of those who lost their fight
Or those, so-loved, who are now stricken
We thought of them, and our pace would quicken

I walked the Walk, I fought the pain
And you know what? – I’d do it again
And I’ll never wash my blood-stained sock
I’m proud of my blisters – I walked the Moonwalk


Joyce Fairlie
18th June 2007


 

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