"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need."  Kahlil Gibran

In these credit crunch, recessionary days the sentiment above is perhaps particularly apt, but as George Elliot also said, "One must be poor to know the luxury of giving" or  in slightly more colourful imagery "A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog." Jack London, adventurer

For those not familiar with The Rob Roy Challenge it is a 55  mile walk and cycle that runs from Drymen to Kenmore and can take over 12 hours to complete. The event raises money for a number of charities including Sightsavers International and The Princes Trust - http://www.robroychallenge.com/charities/

This year’s event will be particularly poignant for the Rettie & Co. Team given the unexpected passing late last year of our friend and colleague Bryce McCall Smith, who had previously been involved with this event and indeed hosted the Rettie & Co. Team last year. I would therefore urge you to dig deep in these difficult financial times and remember that "In charity there is no excess". Francis Bacon.

This year's teams will comprise;

Graham Nicholson, Chris Hall, Ben Brough,  Tony Perriam, Diarmid Mackenzie Smith and Andrew Meehan.

So even if you do not know, or indeed like, any members of the teams remember the words of Aristotle, "I did not give it to the man, but to humanity."

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