A Highland-based charity is hosting a storytelling event to raise funds to support unpaid carers in the region.
Connecting Carers has teamed up with adventurer Lorraine McCall who will speak about resilience — an attribute possessed by people looking after loved ones at home.
The talk will take place on Sunday, February 9 at the Kingsmills Hotel.
Connecting Carers Respitality & Short Breaks Bureau offers breaks to unpaid Carers living in the Highlands. There are over 26,000 unpaid carers living in the Highlands.
Short-breaks are donated by local hospitality and tourism providers and include; overnight stays, meals out or family activities; giving unpaid Carers a break from the amazing job they do.
Lorraine’s Ups ‘n’ Doons will be the first event where she has talked about her life intertwined with all her mountain adventures.
This is not only a story about Lorraine’s latest adventure walking all the Grahams in a continuous journey, she will also touch on her earlier adventures in the Scottish mountains. This is a life story about the joys, hardships and possibilities life can throw at us and how one woman took it all on and came out smiling.
Lorraine undertook her first solo expedition nearly 20 years ago when she turned 40 walking all the Munros in a continuous journey.
Ten years later she completed all the Corbetts in a similar fashion, and now in her 60th year, she has just completed a world first, a journey over all the Graham Mountains in one continual push, cycling and walking around 4000 miles and with over 600000 feet of ascent, much bigger than a Munro journey.
During this period Lorraine overcame cancer three times. Her third journey was the toughest. Before she started the challenge, her body had been through so much, and with one of the worst summers to walk in the hills, it was in for a lot more.
Lorraine McCall will talk about her adventures at the event for Connecting Carers.
However, she completed it with her usual grit, good humour and stoicism. She is the only person to ever achieve this and knows the mountains of Scotland intimately.
Lorraine said: “Doing the Grahams round has been one of the toughest journeys of my life and the one I am proudest of.”
The event will run from 3pm to 5.30pm. If you would like tickets for the event please email Rosie Hazleton at: rhazleton@connectingcarers.org.uk for further information.