Highland Hiking Charity Challenge with BPF
September 5 - September 7
BPF’s 2025 UK summer challenge is taking place in the Scottish Highlands!
Following our successful cycle from London to Paris in October 2023 and our Thames River path trek last September – with 25 of us walking or running a total of 1,334 km in one day – Scotland’s beautiful highlands awaits BPF’s next charity challengers! Join us for an unforgettable team hike in Lairig Ghru… It’s OK, we’re also still learning how to pronounce it but we do know it’s the most iconic of mountain passes in Scotland, deep in the heart of the Cairngorms with breathtaking scenery.
Here’s everything you need to know:
- Join us in Aviemore on the evening of Friday 5th September 2025 for our pre-event team supper
- Saturday 6th September – Challenge Day
- After an early breakfast, we’ll hike a 19-mile mountain pass from Linn of Dee to Rothiemurchus
- The hike will take us about 10 hours (level: intermediate/advanced)
- Finish the day with a celebratory team supper
- Head home on Sunday 7th September after a team breakfast
Logistics
- You’ll need to get yourself to/from Aviemore
- We’ll arrange a team minibus to the start point and back to Aviemore after the hike
- We’ll all stay 2 nights (Friday and Saturday) at a hostel in Aviemore – we’ll book the accommodation for all of us (board basis: bed & breakfast)
Costs
- You’ll need to cover your personal travel, hiking gear/snacks, 2 nights stay in Aviemore (a total of £70 per person) and contribute to the team suppers
Join us!
- We have 20 places available so get in touch ASAP to register – we’ll need a £50 deposit to confirm your place on the team
- Team fundraising target: £25,000 (£1,000+ per BPF challenger)
By taking on this challenge, you’re Changing the lives of Children in Malawi
For Felix, childhood wasn’t always filled with play and friendship. Born with albinism, he faced heartbreaking prejudice—other children refused to play with him, believing harmful misconceptions about his condition.
But when his father encouraged him to join Bhubesi Pride Foundation’s rugby programme, everything began to change.
Who’s on board already?
Joining BPF’s founder Richard Bennett and leading our 2025 Highland Hiking Charity Challenge is ESMS Junior School teacher, Duncan Macdonald. A hiking/orienteering enthusiast and proud father of two, Duncan took on a different set of Scottish munros for BPF last year (10 to be exact) while others were taking it one step at a time along the Thames river path in London. Passionate about Malawi, Duncan also runs a partnership with a school in the country.
After my hike in the Highlands last year, Richard suggested the idea of a follow-up team challenge in 2025… My legs were still recovering so I wasn’t expecting to say “great idea, let’s go for it” in response! Having visited BPF’s community centre in Malawi and met some of the NGO’s staff and coaches there, I really am delighted to be connecting with BPF in such a big way this year.
I know the Cairngorms area well so it’s going to be fantastic to share my passions for hiking and supporting youth sport for development programs in Malawi. I so look forward to teaming up with a great group of walkers in September!
Register Your Place Today
Become a part of the BPF Team and raise funds to change lives in Malawi.
