Mavis Paterson, otherwise known as Granny
Mave, is one remarkable woman. She was born in Glasgow on
the 24th May 1938 and grew up in Troon, returning to Glasgow
to train as a nurse. She has spent the last 40 years in Dumfries
and Galloway and now lives in what she likes to call her “wee
log cabin by the sea!”. Granny Mave married, went on to have
3 children and now has 3 grandchildren. In 1979 she started
a quest to raise money for charities that were close to her
heart and has been doing it ever since.
T his year it will be Granny Mave's 70th
birthday. When her daughter Katy asked her how she was planning
to celebrate the occasion Granny Mave replied “well I have
always wanted to visit Canada....” Being Mave she then decided
that her "visit" would actually comprise a 5,500
mile transcontinental bike ride starting in Vancouver, on
the West coast, and finishing in St John’s, New Foundland,
on the East. Granny Mave will be doing this to raise money
for Macmillan Cancer Support and will be funding the trip
herself selling her hand made greeting cards & pictures
in and around her local area
