Avis leisure sales boss takes up trek challenge in her mother’s memory
Lisa McAuley, Avis head of UK leisure sales and partnerships, is joining a four-day trek of Machu Picchu next month in memory of her mother.
She is undertaking the challenge to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, who provided much needed support when her mother died in January 2007, having been diagnosed with cancer just four weeks earlier.
“Macmillan and also the hospice staff where Mum spent her last two weeks made Mum and all the family feel as if we were the centre of the universe, despite probably having a number of cases on the go,” said McAuley.
“No question was deemed too silly, no request denied, every opinion and desire accommodated – even my Mum’s request for a cheeky brandy every now and then!
“I can’t speak highly enough of them and remember feeling humbled that they went to work every day and had to face cancer in some shape or form.”
McAuley will join 49 other intrepid travellers on the Peru trek.
“I’m particularly looking forward to day two at Dead Woman’s Pass,” added McAuley. “All this at altitude and with neither toilet nor shower facilities plus basic camping – it’s not a walk in the park!”
If you would like to sponsor McAuley, please go to
www.justgiving.com/lisa-mcauley.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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