Although I struggled as an Irish woman accepting a nomination from a Scottish Whisk[e]y maker, I soon got over my dilemma when I had a dram of Johnnie Walker's Gold Label. Delicious!

In keeping with the Johnnie Walker Celebrating Strides Awards, Mary and Helen will continue striding as they train for their summit of Kilimanjaro on the 31 December 2009.

We are also planning to bring 'Beatrice the Bin', our awareness-raising-wheelie-bin, on some of our training sessions. (To find out more about Beatrice, view our blog on the 'Great Bin Walk').

"We may not wriggle, but we sure can walk".