AN intrepid walker is preparing to embark upon a 500-mile hike first completed by his grandfather 80 years ago in a bid to raise funds after his six-year-old granddaughter was diagnosed with cancer.
AN intrepid walker is preparing to embark upon a 500-mile hike first completed by his grandfather 80 years ago in a bid to raise funds after his six-year-old granddaughter was diagnosed with cancer.
TAKING A HIKE: Alistair McIntyre has been inspired by his granddaughter.
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Helen McArdle
Alistair McIntyre, from Galashiels, will be following in the footsteps of his grandfather Jimmy to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
In 1933, Mr McIntyre's grandfather, a miner, was forced to leave his pregnant wife, young son and his home in Fife to look for work in Kent, a 500-mile journey he did on foot and bicycle.
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