Earlier this summer, colleagues from across the UK took part in a challenge they would never forget. A two-day 45 mile trek from Spean Bridge to Loch Tulla across the challenging terrain of Rannoch Moor.

They marched, they strolled, they ran and they hobbled. However they did it, the aim was the same: to complete the 45 mile trek from Spean Bridge to Loch Tulla across the challenging terrain of Rannoch Moor.

A total of 62 brave colleagues took on the challenge of completing the two-day Highlands walk to help mark our 150th anniversary.

The trekkers were following in the footsteps of our founder Robert McAlpine and the 1889 expedition to survey part of the route of the proposed West Highland Railway.

And as the photos below show, this was no walk in the park, taking in stretches of peat, bog and marsh as well as stream and river crossings.

A total of three teams took on the challenge in late May and early June, each led by experienced hillwalkers.

The walks have helped to raise a phenomenal £12,500 for Maggie’s Care Centres.

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Our corporate partnership

It’s more than a decade since we started working with Maggie’s, as well as constructing many of its centres, we've raised more than £1,000,000 for the charity.

Maggies cancer care centres

Engineering Excellence for Maggie’s first Cancer Care Centre in Wales

Our expertise overcame a challenging design to deliver this unique healthcare project at Singleton Hospital, Swansea.

Cancer care centre Maggie’s, Swansea

Innovation key to delivering Maggie’s at The Christie

Our construction knowledge and know-how was key in helping realise the complex architectural vision for Maggie’s at The Christie in Manchester.

Maggies Cancer Care Centre, Manchester

Heritage and complex projects expertise delivers Maggie’s Barts

Our Special Projects delivered this technically complex healthcare project within live hospital campus and protected it’s Grade I listed neighbours.

Cancer care centre Maggie’s, Barts

Enabling Maggie’s to support cancer care at The Royal Marsden

Careful planning and meticulous collaboration allowed us to complete this design-led scheme on a busy working hospital site.

Maggie’s Royal Marsden

A truly extraordinary building for Maggie's Yorkshire

Built amongst a cluster of medical buildings at St James’ University Hospital in Leeds, Maggie’s Yorkshire is a cancer care centre like no other.

Maggie's Cancer Care Centre, Yorkshire

Delivering award winning Maggie's Southampton

Our Special Projects team delivered this verdant ‘New Forest’ inspired Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres at Southampton’s General Hospital.

Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre, Southampton

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