Renfrewshire family ready to go 'Off the Beatson Track' in memory of beloved dad

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A Renfrewshire family are ready to go 'Off the Beatson Track' for the ninth year in a row in memory of their beloved dad.Felicity Gillespie, 44, and her family have taken part in the ‘Off the Beatson Track’ event every year after her dad, Brian McLaughlin, sadly died in 2015 aged 70 after being diagnosed with lung cancer.On Brian’s 70th birthday he asked for the family to take part in the first ‘Off the Beatson Track’ event in 2014, which he also completed. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here. The family raised over £10,000 in the first year and have since raised over £34,000.Around 30 family members from Paisley, Johnstone, Blantyre and Hamilton will be taking part this year.Felicity, from Brookfield, said: “Back in 2014 our dad was diagnosed with lung cancer and one of his wishes was that we take part in the walk just to give back to The Beatson for the care that he received during his treatment and right up until his end of life.“Giving back and giving your time to charity is really rewarding as well, so it makes you feel really good and hopefully it makes our dad proud that we’re doing that and continue to do it to this day as a family.“I just love leading up to it and spending time as a family and raising funds for the Beatson because they really did do a wonderful job looking after our dad and caring for him and gave us extra time with him.”The 10k walk has seen over 11,000 participants walk over 70,000 miles over the years – making it Glasgow’s biggest sponsored