Moonlight Prowl

On the 2nd of June, I managed to tick off one thing on my wishlist - that being taking part in the Moonlight Prowl in my home town of Fraserburgh.  Myself, my eldest dauthger - Tara, and my walking buddy Jane took part deciding to tackle the 13 mile walk.

And here we are finishing at 1.30 in the morning.  Tara finished a few minutes before us.

To those who generously sponsored me I did a wee thank you card.

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Moonlight Prowl

Since 2006, The Moonlight Prowl, an annual event in my home town of Fraserburgh and an event that I have always wanted to take part in but have never been at home for. This year, however is different, I am going to be in Fraserburgh on the 2nd of June and I will be one of the walkers. I will be walking with my eldest daughter, Tara, and one of my best gal pals, Jane.

Although breast cancer hasn't touched my family (touch wood), I know many who have survived or have succumbed to breast cancer, along with many other forms of cancer. My darling hubby, Billy, is a 25 year survivor whilst my dear brother-in-law, Ian, succumbed to lung cancer in August 2011 after a 3 year battle. I am sure that Ian will be cheering me on. I hope that he will be in good voice as the week before he will be cheering along his son, also called Ian, who is running the Edinburgh Half Marathon in memory of his Dad to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer Care who provided excellent support to Ian during his battle.

Going back to the Moonlight Prowl since the first Prowl in 2006 they have raised over £460,000 and which has been donated to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary’s Breast Care Centre and, thanks to the support of The Rowett Research Institute and Aberdeen University, a number of potentially life saving and ground breaking research programmes have been established.

Here's a wee peek at the last year's event and for more info on this year's event click here

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Well Done To The Fraserburgh's Pink Walkers

Just want to say well done to all the Pink Walkers. Pink walkers, I hear you say. Well let me explain.

Saturday night in my home town, Fraserburgh, saw the annual Moonlight Prowl, a charity walk to raise breast cancer awareness with the money raised being donated to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Breast Cancer Care. The Prowl is a ladies only sponsored walk, with the choice of two distances to be walked, either 6 or 13 miles.

On Moonlight Prowl night, the town is awash with pink - walkers dressed in pink, houses along the route being decked out in pink and householders cheering the walkers along. In the build up to the start of the walk, there is the wee warm up to get the feet moving and at 10pm the walkers head off.

The Moonlight Prowl started in 2006 and raised almost £28,000 and to date the Prowl has raised £345,000.

Sadly I have never been at home when the walk is on, but I always try to do my bit by sponsoring some of my friends who are walking. I hope that one day I will be able to the walk for myself.

Thanks for popping by and taking the time to read about the Prowl. I think most of us out there know a family or person who has been touched by cancer.