Pilgrimage to the Pips

BBC newsreader and announcer Jim Lee, G4AEH, will be joining a team of Radio 4 announcers on a special pilgrimage to the home of 'The Pips', the familiar Greenwich Time Signal.

Jim’s announcer colleague Rory Morrison has been diagnosed with a rare and currently incurable form of blood cancer.

In an historic event on 7 April the Radio 4 newsreaders and announcers will be out in the countryside to raise money for the Lymphoma Association and the event will be covered by Clare Balding for a special edition of Radio 4's walking programme Ramblings.

They will cross the Sussex countryside to Herstmonceux Castle, the original home of 'The Pips'.

Further information on fundraising and sponsorship is at www.pilgrimagetothepips.org.uk. If you make a donation, please leave your callsign on the web site.

G4AEH will have a 2m and 70cm handheld with him on the walk and will be looking out for those who have contributed to this worthy cause.

Source: GB2RS News - Courtesy of the RSGB