14 August 2026 / By David Ferguson
There are different ways to recuperate after a rally event, but none follow the plan of the Grampian Forest Rally’s Competitor Liaison Officer Campbell Roy.
The former rally driver, navigator and manager of Colin McRae started out on his Trek500 challenge raising money for Prostate Cancer Research from close to the Scotland-England border south of Kelso in July and aims to reach the top of the Scottish National Trail in Cape Wrath – after 540 miles of walking – next month.
He took time out for the recent Grampian event to conduct his usual CLO duties and collected £2000 from Andrew Wood Motorsport after a novel fundraiser was backed by the rallying community. Pirelli donated a set of tyres and the winner of a ‘Lucky Number’ game was well-known rally driver Brian Watson, who was delighted with his prize … once he had got over the shock of winning.
Support from rally community ‘phenomenal’
Campbell said: “The support I’ve had from the whole Scottish rallying and wider motorsport community has been phenomenal. I couldn’t have imagined I would have the level of support before I started out.
“This is another example of that and it’s hugely helpful from Pirelli, Andrew Wood Motorsport and Ann Wood who came up with the idea for this fundraiser. Actually, this £2,000 takes me over the £60,000 mark – and closer to £70,000 with the gift aid added in – so that is just incredible.
“But the whole point of this is raising awareness of the fact that one in eight men now get prostate cancer and it’s the most common cancer in men, and only last week we had two members of Highland Car Club passing away from prostate cancer.
“So, if this fundraiser can contribute to the research going on but also raise awareness among men and their families to go and get checked before it becomes too late then I’ll be happy.”
Campbell also paid tribute to the many people who have turned out to support him.
“What we’ve done so far and the support I’ve had is way beyond my expectations when I decided to go on ‘a little walk’,” he said. “I haven’t walked one single step of the 200 miles I’ve done so far on my own. We have had lots of people coming out and doing one or two stages with me, and that support and encouragement has been vital to keep me going in my old age. It’s been just brilliant.”
On Thursday, Campbell was joined by one of his oldest walking partners to date on the longest stage of his Trek 500, over 18.57 miles from Comrie to Glenquaich Lodge, and after today’s march to Aberfeldy he will be joined tomorrow by one of his youngest companions in eight-year-old Chloe McCulloch (pictured above on map duty) and her parents rally driver Mark and Mhairi, for a 9.5-mile stage helping Campbell get towards the halfway mark.
Ann Wood commented: “It’s a massive effort and we were only too delighted to be able to support Campbell, by sponsoring a stage and running the wee competition at the Grampian. I’m even more delighted to see that he completed what was the longest stage in one piece!
“What he’s doing is brilliant and I’m pretty sure he will have raised a lot of awareness among men in the motorsport world particularly about the importance of getting checked and preventing a prostate cancer diagnosis becoming a terminal illness.”
There is still plenty time to support Campbell’s walk either in person on a stage – full details here – or by donating here.