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Several of the Rolls Royce Employees on the Vulcan site are shortly to undertake the Great Glen Challenge, a marathon 65-mile paddle in canoes from Inverness to Fort William through the Great Glen. The paddlers hope to raise several thousand pounds and local firms are being asked to sponsor the marathon. All monies raised will be split evenly between three local charities, the Thurso based Monday Club which aids local handicapped people, the Epilepsy Partnership in Caithness & Sutherland and the Caithness General Hospital League of Friends.

Dounreay Employees Charities Fund, a fund in which employees contribute has kindly donated �500 towards the challenge. Presenting the cheque to Walter Duff from Rolls Royce Paddlers on behalf of the Fund is committee member John Deighan. Also in the picture is Stewart Bremner and Dusty Miller from Rolls Royce, and Employees Fund committee member Donald McWilliam, who is a regular member of the Rolls Royce raft team and will be part of the challenge team.

John also presented another cheque for �50 on behalf of the Transport & General Workers Union at Dounreay.

The challenge takes place on 13 � 15 June and will involves three canoes with three people in each one, all paddling 65 miles.