Baton for world's longest relay passes through Lanarkshire on way to COP27 in Egypt

Runners have been buzzing after they stopped off at a beekeeping undertaking in Bothwell throughout a worldwide local weather change relay.

Rutherglen operating duo Alice Hickin and James Bonnar made their strategy to Bothwell Group Backyard final week at hand over the world's longest relay baton with a message from Glasgow's younger individuals for world leaders at COP27 in Egypt subsequent month.

The 4,800-mile Operating Out Of Time Relay started in Glasgow, which hosted COP26 final 12 months, and can go by way of 18 international locations in 38 days.

The baton was handed on to James Hay on the village beekeeping undertaking by Alice and James after the pair had run throughout county from Rutherglen. They have been waved off by dozens of Rutherglen and Cambuslang locals together with faculty pupils from Trinity Excessive Faculty, earlier than being welcomed to Bothwell by keen residents eager to witness the baton.

Runners James Hay, Alice Hickin and James Bonnar with the Operating Out of Time baton (Picture: Mike McQuaid)

James then made his strategy to the subsequent changeover in East Kilbride earlier than the baton was handed to different individuals to make its means down south after which onto Europe and Israel earlier than arriving within the Egyptian metropolis of Sharm-El-Sheikh for COP27 in November.

To trace the relay observe https://running-out-of-time.com/

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