WORKERS from Rosyth Dockyard will be participating in one of Scotland's toughest endurance challenges.
Seven teams from Babcock will take part in The Cateran Yomp with over 1,000 soldiers, veterans and their families marching up to 54 miles in 24 hours across Perthshire.
There will be 50 staff members taking part in total and the annual event raises funds for the charity, the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF).
One of them, Jennifer Watt, a group project management graduate based at Rosyth, said: “I am always looking for a challenge, what better way to do that than participating for such a good cause.
"It is vital at Babcock we acknowledge and support those in the armed forces, and their families.
“This is my personal way of showing my own support as a Babcock employee, while rising to a challenge with like-minded colleagues to promote the cause and inspire others to do their part for charity and make a difference.
“I really enjoy hiking and walking in my free time, but have increased my distance over the past few weeks and look forward to taking on this physically and mentally demanding experience.”
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The Babcock participants are aged between 21 and 60 and range from engineers and delivery managers to lecturers.
This year the event falls two days after the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and coincides with the charity’s 80th anniversary as well.
The Cateran Yomp has raised more than £4 million for the ABF.
The Babcock teams will head off on their endurance challenge at 6am on Saturday June 8, returning to Blairgowrie in the early hours of the following morning.
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