The Speyside Kiltwalk 2012
Fundraising Target: £2000
My Donations to date: £2599
Fundraiser(s): Neil Leonard
Event: The Speyside Kiltwalk
Event Date: 13th May 2012
Charitie(s) Supported:
On Sunday 13th May I will be walking 16 miles in my kilt from Fochabers to Aberlour which involves walking through Scotland's whisky country, from the Moray coast towards the Cairngorm Mountains following the valley of the River Spey all in aid of Scotland's childrens charities.
I appreciate many people make requests for charity support but if you can make a donation, it will be much appreciated. Please note that due to the generosity of contributors, the target has been increased to £1200 and again to £1500. (now £1800 in anticipation following some discussions - thanks folks. Again raised this time to £2000) Thanks to everyone who has contributed to date.
Four of us have decided to make this walk; our little band of ramblers include Grant Ronald and myself together with Eric and Alison Miller. The latter 2 have decided this kiltwalk wasn't enough of a challenge so they are starting the longer version in Buckie a few hours earlier and walking the 10 miles to Fochabers where we will join them (to the sound of a pipe band, the Miller's second of the day - that should encourage us to get moving!)
To date, there are currently over 360 signed up for the Speyside walk - if you are interested in also doing this, or another of the Kiltwalks in Scotland or further afield, have a look at their website. This event has been organised by Kiltwalk which is a new registered Scottish charity, bringing some of Scotland's leading children's charities together to make a bigger difference.
Their aim is to become Scotland's best known and most loved fundraising event for disadvantaged children.
My sponsored kilt walk event on Sunday 13th May will benefit 4 leading children's charities:
- Aberlour Child Care Trust
- Childrens Hospice Association of Scotland (CHAS)
- CLIC Sargent (caring for children with cancer)
- The Tartan Army Children's Charity (TACC)
Each charity will receive 20% of the final donation raised. The Kiltwalk Trust Fund will receive the remaining 20%, allowing them to make smaller grants and donations to many children's charities across Scotland.
Wish us all luck and if you can, any donation would be much appreciated.
Contributions
| Display Name | Date | Amount | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shona Ronald | 21st February 2012 | £50.00 | |
| Mark Kennard | 23rd February 2012 | £20.00 | |
| Andrew Mackay | 23rd February 2012 | £10.00 | Go for it Neil! Hope you kiltwalk quicker than you move on the pitch! Butcher |
| Cath Strachan | 27th February 2012 | £50.00 | Good Luck Neil & swing your kilt all the way All The Best Cath & Team @ MSK |
| Karen Catto | 27th February 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck with the walk ! |
| Colin Donald | 27th February 2012 | £50.00 | Good luck guys, try an avoid the pubs on the way! |
| Lynn Elder | 29th February 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Neilee, ya better be wearing your Dons top as well as your kilt ! Stand Free chummy, you can do it ! |
| Brett Solomon | 29th February 2012 | £10.00 | All the best Neil. Good effort |
| Bob Crowe | 29th February 2012 | £10.00 | Best of luck Neil - it's for the kids remember! |
| Richard Britten | 29th February 2012 | £20.00 | Best of luck! |
| Mark Ingram | 29th February 2012 | £50.00 | good luck Neil, swing low.... |
| Alison Sellar | 01st March 2012 | £50.00 | Good Luck Neil, Great Cause! From Alison Sellar and everyone at activpayroll |
| Andrew Yule | 02nd March 2012 | £30.00 | |
| Candice Forsyth | 02nd March 2012 | £10.00 | Good Luck Neil - Hope your boots are comfy now!!! They will need to be !! |
| Mike Kernaghan | 02nd March 2012 | £20.00 | |
| Jacqui Barker | 02nd March 2012 | £20.00 | Good Luck Neil, it is good to see you 'sacrificng' your spare time on this! All the best Jacqui |
| Daniel Bosman | 03rd March 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Neil! Veel succes en laat de kilt niet te veel opwaaien....good luck with translation |
| Beverley Pirie | 05th March 2012 | £10.00 | Good luck Neil. Hope there's not too much chafing :-) |
| Niall O'Donnell | 05th March 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck. See you on the other side! |
| Elspeth Middleton | 05th March 2012 | £10.00 | |
| Rob Wilkie | 06th March 2012 | £40.00 | Remember to apply goose fat liberally to prevent kilt chafing. |
| Mark Makrygiannis | 06th March 2012 | £30.00 | Go for it Neil! |
| Scott Leonard | 07th March 2012 | £50.00 | We'll be coming down the road...... |
| Alastair Macdonald | 09th March 2012 | £20.00 | Best of luck from Alastair ! |
| Elaine Porter | 09th March 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Neil. I am glad to hear that Steve H is helping you with your training, but think that you need more walking, less talking!!! |
| Suzanne Comber | 11th March 2012 | £10.00 | Good Luck.....remember the blister plasters!! |
| Lesley Moore | 14th March 2012 | £10.00 | Good luck! |
| Rebecca Young | 16th March 2012 | £30.00 | |
| William Taylor | 16th March 2012 | £20.00 | The kilt should keep you coooool. |
| Richard Cockburn | 16th March 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck and make sure you keep your hip flask topped up |
| Brian Hope | 17th March 2012 | £10.00 | |
| Neil Leonard | 18th March 2012 | £40.00 | thanks to Callum and Murray Ronald |
| Ewan Ronald | 19th March 2012 | £50.00 | Go for it, Guys! |
| Grant Dorothy Murray | 19th March 2012 | £10.00 | Every success for your walk ! |
| Nigel Finch | 19th March 2012 | £10.00 | Well done Neil, hope the knee lasts out |
| Anonymous | 19th March 2012 | £20.00 | |
| Ralph Prise | 20th March 2012 | £20.00 | all the best to you for your walk Grant, cheers! |
| Mark Prise | 20th March 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Grant, watch out for any rogue thistles! |
| Jodi O'Brien | 20th March 2012 | £10.00 | Good Luck! |
| Alan Leonard | 22nd March 2012 | £50.00 | |
| Innes Mitchell | 23rd March 2012 | £30.00 | Good Luck |
| Jayne Simmons | 23rd March 2012 | £10.00 | There must be easier ways to get a day off looking after the girls! Good on you and a good cause |
| Chris Macdonald | 23rd March 2012 | £5.00 | Good luck, hope it goes really well! |
| Marlene Buchan | 23rd March 2012 | £10.00 | Good Luck to you all. |
| Gillian Irons | 25th March 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck - hope it goes well! |
| Scott Fyfe | 25th March 2012 | £20.00 | |
| Anonymous | 26th March 2012 | £25.00 | |
| Steve & Lynne Gibson | 28th March 2012 | £50.00 | Good Luck to you all, want to see the photographic evidence! |
| Greg Vinnicombe | 28th March 2012 | £10.00 | Well done. I'd join you but for the knees and old war wound! |
| Elizabeth Tomchak | 02nd April 2012 | £10.00 | |
| William (Bill) Fraser | 05th April 2012 | £10.00 | Go for it! |
| David and Irene Mackay | 05th April 2012 | £40.00 | Go for it Grant! All that walking will give you a good appetite. Hope the weather is fine. |
| Liz Lypka | 05th April 2012 | £10.00 | Good luck - it'll be a dawdle :-) |
| Susan Duguid | 09th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Eric and Alison |
| Liz Woodhouse | 09th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Eric!! |
| EUAN DUNCAN | 09th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Eric and Alison!!! A cracking task this one. Better you than me. I really hope the suns out!! |
| Iain Tosh | 09th April 2012 | £40.00 | |
| George Cushnie | 09th April 2012 | £10.00 | Good Luck |
| Sarah Esson | 09th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Eric. Don't forget your Avon skin so soft for the midgies! |
| Lisa Cochrane | 10th April 2012 | £10.00 | |
| CAROL RAY | 12th April 2012 | £50.00 | GOODLUCK GRANT & CO! |
| Shona Niddrie | 13th April 2012 | £50.00 | Good luck |
| Kevin Scott | 14th April 2012 | £10.00 | |
| Andrew Gordon | 16th April 2012 | £20.00 | Can't think of anythig witty, I'll come back to it. |
| alastair fraser | 17th April 2012 | £10.00 | good luck Neil! |
| Kris Kris Stuart | 17th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Grant! |
| Jane McRitchie | 18th April 2012 | £10.00 | Good luck Ex-boss Eric. I have every confidence that you can do it EX BSM Jane x |
| Karen Corrigall | 18th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Eric - enjoy! x |
| ALASTAIR MCINTOSH | 18th April 2012 | £10.00 | Best of luck Grant - why dont you walk back as well!! Tosh |
| Keith Leslie | 19th April 2012 | £20.00 | Big tub of vaseline required............. |
| Kay McCandless | 19th April 2012 | £10.00 | Good luck Neil and well done on your efforts. Kay |
| Bill Bill Reid | 19th April 2012 | £25.00 | Here is hoping for a nice day for your wee day out. Bill |
| Anonymous | 19th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck, Grant. |
| Neil Leonard | 19th April 2012 | £30.00 | Thanks to the Thursday night football team - Ian, both Malcolms & Stewart |
| Russell Caldwell | 23rd April 2012 | £50.00 | Good Luck |
| Annetta Macleod | 24th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good Luck Eric and Mrs M! |
| Alison Miller | 25th April 2012 | £50.00 | Need to book a foot treatment afterwards |
| Paul Campbell | 26th April 2012 | £26.00 | Eric - Here's hoping for some nice weather for you all. Well done. Paul |
| Elaine Elaine Proud | 27th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good Luck |
| Greg Wisely | 27th April 2012 | £15.00 | All the best Eric and Mrs M! |
| Chris Abbott | 27th April 2012 | £20.00 | Enjoy and I hope the sun shines for you!! |
| neil leonard | 28th April 2012 | £50.00 | thanks J & M Leonard |
| Steve Ferguson | 30th April 2012 | £10.00 | |
| Steve Mitchell | 30th April 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck Eric and the team. |
| Emma Clutterbuck | 30th April 2012 | £20.00 | All the best Eric and Alison. |
| Ann Wilson | 01st May 2012 | £20.00 | Enjoy the walk |
| GRANT RONALD | 01st May 2012 | £100.00 | Thanks to Steve Glennie and Gavin Bain & Co for generous donation |
| Ian McIntosh | 01st May 2012 | £10.00 | hope it's not too windy!!! |
| Fiona Niddrie | 02nd May 2012 | £50.00 | Good Luck ! hope the sun shines x Fiona |
| Anthony Grant | 02nd May 2012 | £26.00 | Well Done Eric, you might walk past all the distilleries but there will be a Single Malt at the end of it :) |
| Nicola Quayle | 02nd May 2012 | £7.00 | |
| Jamie Hardie | 02nd May 2012 | £20.00 | A great idea, enjoy the day and good luck. |
| Alan Moir | 03rd May 2012 | £20.00 | I'd think twice about going 'true' - the midges have teeth up there||| Good Luck, Neil - I'm sure you'll be much happier at the end..... |
| Steve Futter | 04th May 2012 | £10.00 | Great causes, happy walking |
| Andy Andy Hay | 04th May 2012 | £20.00 | All the very best Eric |
| Anonymous | 04th May 2012 | £10.00 | Thanks to Anne-Marie for the donation |
| Claire Cortes | 07th May 2012 | £10.00 | Good Luck! |
| GRANT RONALD | 08th May 2012 | £20.00 | Thanks to Lorraine Brandie |
| Pamela Wilson | 08th May 2012 | £20.00 | Good luck - hope the sun shines for you |
| Steve White | 08th May 2012 | £10.00 | Sure it'll go with a swing Neil ! All the best. |
| G RONALD | 09th May 2012 | £40.00 | Thanks to Ann (MIL) and Brian Molloy |
| Anonymous | 09th May 2012 | £50.00 | Thanks to David for his Kind Sponsorship. |
| Kevin Kevin Paterson | 10th May 2012 | £5.00 | Just a wee walk then... Hope it stays dry for you! |
| George Bell | 10th May 2012 | £25.00 | Good luck, hope the weather picks up for your walk! |
| Jennifer Jennifer Millar | 11th May 2012 | £10.00 | Wishing you all the best and hope the weather is kind. Jennifer @ TMP |
| Gordon Henderson | 12th May 2012 | £10.00 | All the best guys |
| Emma Emma craigmile | 13th May 2012 | £10.00 | All the best |
| William Bilsland | 14th May 2012 | £10.00 | Well done! |
| Lynne Gray | 14th May 2012 | £10.00 | Well done Eric - Hope the blisters are not too bad! x |
| Nigel Watt | 14th May 2012 | £20.00 | Well done! |
| Lucy Summers | 15th May 2012 | £10.00 | Well Done Grant!!! |
| Irene Hannah | 15th May 2012 | £20.00 | Well done Grant! |
| bill ellis | 15th May 2012 | £10.00 | well done Grant |
| Elaine Hulse | 15th May 2012 | £10.00 | Congratulations Grant! |
| Alistair Martin | 20th May 2012 | £10.00 | Well done Grant |
| Neil Leonard | 21st May 2012 | £10.00 | Thanks to Lisa Longmuir at Teknique Hair Design /TekTan |




