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Edinburgh Castle among city landmarks to light up pink for breast cancer charity MoonWalk

Participants in the MoonWalk
Participants in the MoonWalk

EDINBURGH CASTLE will glow in pink as walkers take to the city’s streets for an overnight walking fundraiser.

The MoonWalk, organised by breast cancer charity Walk the Walk, returns for its 13th Scottish event on Saturday June 9.

Participants will take on one of four walking challenges, ranging in distance between 6.55 miles and an incredible 52.4 miles.

To encourage them along, a number of other city buildings will also light up in pink, including Lloyds on the Mound, Camera Obscura, St Giles Cathedral, Queen Victoria at the National Galleries, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Meville Monument at St Andrew Square.

The Radisson Blu, The Balmoral and The Principal at Charlotte Square hotels will also join in.

Department stores Jenners and House of Fraser will be supporting The MoonWalk with special window displays and by offering mini makeovers for walkers on the day of the event.

Founder and Chief Executive of Walk the Walk, Nina Barough CBE, said: “I am delighted that so many of Edinburgh’s historic buildings and landmarks will be lighting up pink for all our MoonWalkers.

“If you haven’t yet signed up, what an incentive to pull on your trainers, get a team together and take on a walking challenge – maybe the 6.55 miles New Moon, which is just perfect for families.

“Imagine as a ten year old, looking up at Edinburgh Castle or Lloyds on the Mound, knowing that they are lit up pink just for you – to give you a personal hug of encouragement, as you walk through the City’s streets!

“A huge thank you to the whole City of Edinburgh, including our friends at lighting company Black Light, for uniting with us against breast cancer and turning the City ‘MoonWalk’ pink!”

Setting off from Holyrood Park, Edinburgh at midnight, women and men wearing brightly decorated bras will take on one of four walking challenges:- The New Moon (6.55 miles – open to people aged 10 and over), Half Moon (13.1 miles), Full Moon (26.2 miles) or Over The Moon (52.4 miles).

Registration for the double marathon Over The Moon is now closed, but entries for the shorter distances are open until midnight on Monday 28th May.

More than 80,000 walkers have taken part in The MoonWalk Scotland since the event started in 1996, raising over £20.5 million to improve the lives of those living with cancer in the country.

The MoonWalk Scotland 2018 is on Saturday 9 June. Sign up now at walkthewalk.org