Catherine Thomson completes Sahara Trek for Macmillan
Catherine Thomson, Senior Assistant Registrar in the Student Recruitment Office, completed a demanding trek across the Sahara desert in March 2012, walking to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
The trek involved walking for around seven hours a day for a week in 30 degree heat, and covered a varied terrain including a number of steep sand dunes. Catherine undertook the trek in memory of her father, who died from cancer, and raised over 拢3,000 to support people living with cancer.
Catherine was part of a group of 18 walkers who collectively raised over 拢46,000. She found it a moving experience, and said:
We did it. And so can anyone. The people I was privileged to meet on that trek came from a wide variety of backgrounds, and had all signed up, motivated by their direct or indirect experience of cancer, to raise money, awareness and to take part in the experience of a lifetime. Aside of blisters, bizarre tan lines, sand everywhere and a newfound appreciation of baby wipes, those few days in the Sahara gave us all so much perspective, a unique sense of achievement and an amazing group of new friends. I could not recommend it highly enough!
