3 July 2012

Yomping the Cateran Trail

The weather held off to treat everyone taking part in last weekend’s Alliance Trust Cateran Yomp to a glorious day of wild walking on the Cateran Trail. Starting and finishing in Blairgowrie, the Cateran Trail passes through some of the most hidden and spectacular areas of Scotland. This year the route lead over 400 yompers through Kirkmichael, Spittal of Glenshee and Kirkton of Glenisla to finish the 52-mile hike.  Now in its third year the event has raised over £450,000 for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity and the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business so far.

Yomping home in first place, while shaving three hours off the 2011 record, were a team from Alliance Trust who went by the name The Good, The Mad And The Elderly. The team, James Myles, Matt Strachan and Stephen Maddison, completed the gold route in in a breathtaking 11 hours and 34 minutes.

James said: ‘‘We are ecstatic to have come in first place and honoured to bring home the gold on behalf of Alliance Trust. At times the trail was brutal and rugged, but the whole experience has been hugely rewarding.’‘

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