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The Midnight Trek, Raising Funds for Action Medical Research for Children

Glasgow-based company taking part in The Midnight Trek PLOD Trossachs 2014 to raise money for Action Medical Research

 Four young women, all staff at Glasgow’s famous Ubiquitous Chip, ditching their check pads and donning their walking boots, are taking part in The Midnight Trek PLOD Trossachs 2014organised by children’s charity Action Medical Research. The 50k PLOD starts at Midnight on Friday 22nd August 2014.

( Chippin Away at 50k team, left to right:

Grace Clarke, Jess Nikola, Niki Graham & Eimear McElroy)

The 50km trek gets underway, in torchlight, near the pretty village of Aberfoyle at midnight and takes participants through some of the most challenging and breathtaking landscapes the Trossachs has to offer. After watching the sun rise, they will push on, through the next day, to the finish line to complete an unforgettable adventure. This circular hike will take teams along tracks and paths, through glens, along rivers and burns, past mountains and lochs including, Loch Drunkie, Loch Achray and Loch Venachar, through the village of Brig-o-Turk and sections of the Rob Roy Way.

The team will be taking part in the event to raise money to help fund medical research into conditions affecting babies and children. Research currently being supported by Action Medical Research includes work around premature birth, cerebral palsy, meningitis and epilepsy, as well as some very rare and distressing conditions that severely affect children.

If you want to sponsor the team, please visit

http://www.action.org.uk/sponsor/chippinawayat50k

For further information on Action Medical Research please visit http://action.org.uk

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