A Walkie Talkie Bridge for Christian Aid

Yesterday well over 1000 people walked the Forth Road Bridge to raise money for Christian Aid. I'm told if all the money is collected that has been promised from the sponsors,it will amount to £41,000. What I say is, not bad for an afternoon's work. It was also an opportunity for folk to reflect on Rev John Carrie who died earlier this year. John set up the whole project. It was good to see the Lord Provest of Edinburgh turn out to do the walk and also pay tribute to John. He reminded us that John not only walked the walk but talked the talk. (See my posting under 23 June 2007.) The fact that it has continued this year despite the fact that the Road Bridge was closed for repairs, shows that people are enthusiastic to keep the tradition going. It was a walk down memory lane all day, as I got a chance to push Katie MacLennan in her push chair, it brought back memories of the Bogles pushing prams across the bridge some 25 years ago. One thing I did notice was the the push chairs today are a lot easier to handle. As for the children today - are they easier to handle? Well I think that's a subject for another post.
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Posted By: Helen and David   On: 27 Sep 2008   At: 9:35pm

Hi Albert

We wondered who was walking the bridge when we crossed over it by car - now we know!!

 

Helen and David

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Posted By: Lilias   On: 21 Sep 2008   At: 5:36pm

haha, yea it certainly does bring back memories pushing prams, chasing, playing tig anything to get the children over the bridge!

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