Beefy's Great British Walk - Drumpellier Country Park, Glasgow

Join Beefy this spring at Drumpellier Country Park, which offers beautiful natural lochs with a number of water birds, lowland heath, mixed woodlands and open grassland to enjoy.

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  • About

    Get some fresh air, have some family fun and be be a part of something unique and inspiring this spring!

    It's the people on the walk; the patients, the families, the ordinary people who want to something extraordinary, who have raised £13million with Beefy since he began walking to beat blood cancer in 1985.

    Beefy will be walking from Glasgow city centre to the beautiful Drumpellier Country Park where you can join him and his celebrity friends to walk the final 4 miles and support him all the way to the finish line.

    Entry fees (£15 for adults, £5 for under 12s) for Beefy's Great British Walk cover your entry, a walk t-shirt, support and medal. We would love you to fundraise further £150 that would buy essential laboratory materials for our life-saving research.

    Click on the button above now to enter to walk with Beefy!

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    Event details

    Date: Thursday, 12 April 2012
    Time: Starts at 12:00 pm
    Location: Drumpellier Country Park Townhead Road
    Coatbridge
    ML5 1RX
    Distance: 4 miles

    Entry fees

    £15 adults, £5 children under 12.

     

  • Details

    Join us at Drumpellier Country Park from midday where we will have a family festival with tents, music and refreshments, ready to welcome and join Beefy on the final 4 miles of his walk at 1pm.

    The Barmy Army will be setting up a cricket pitch if you wish to join in for a bat!

    The terrain is suitable for push chairs and wheel chairs so everybody can support and enjoy the day.

    Event details

    Date: Thursday, 12 April 2012
    Time: Starts at 12:00 pm
    Location: Drumpellier Country Park Townhead Road
    Coatbridge
    ML5 1RX
    Distance: 4 miles
    Entry fees: £15 adults, £5 children under 12.  

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