A Renfrewshire mum who lost her hands and lower legs to sepsis is set to complete the North Coast 500 on a second-hand scooter.
Quadruple amputee, Cor Hutton, was the first person in Scotland to have a double hand transplant after contracting the deadly disease in 2013. The mum-of-one had a five per cent chance of survival as she also battled acute pneumonia, before medics performed life-saving surgery.
Cor, from Lochwinnoch, was fitted with prosthetic legs and, in 2019, underwent pioneering hand transplant surgery. She later launched, Finding Your Feet, a charity that helps support fellow amputees.
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And to top up their lifeline money pot, Cor has challenged herself to complete the North Coast 500 on a scooter. With her new hands functioning near enough to 100 per cent she feels more prepared than ever before.
“I am an old-school biker and this will be a way for me to get back into it," she said.
“I have a bee in my bonnet about getting on and doing the things that I wanted to do previously and haven’t been able to do."
Cor will be riding an AJS 125cc, while her friend, Mark McLean, will be following her trail, 'on a much bigger, better bike'.
“I’ve managed to go up to 60mph on this one, once, but that was downhill with a lot of wind behind me,” she added.
While looking forward to the scenic trip, one of Scotland’s most-visited attractions, the motorbike enthusiast was open about the challenges ahead.
She said: “My doctors tell me that I have 95 per cent functionality in one hand and 75 per cent in the other.That sounds great, but it’s still a massive effort for me to keep the muscles engaged for long periods of time.
"On the bike I’ll be working the acceleration, which will involve a lot of twisting the wrist, and the brakes, and the indicators."
This expedition is only the latest in a list of challenges Cor has already done, including the London Triathlon and becoming the first female quadruple amputee to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. In a message to the other people with disabilities ahead of her challenge, she said, 'there’s so much you can do if you push yourself'.
The North Coast 500 route goes around the north coast, starting and ending in Inverness. Cor, who received her third honorary doctorate this year, will be setting off from her charity’s premises in Paisley on August 22 and plans to complete the road trip in seven days.
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