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Tamworth solicitor's charity trek

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00:00, 26 NOV 2008
Updated00:41, 31 MAY 2013

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Solicitor tackles Inca Trail to help children

A commercial solicitor aims to raise £5,000 in sponsorship for a children’s charity in Peru by following in the steps of the Incas.

Sarah Ferdinand of Ferdinand Kelly Commercial Solicitors, based in Freasley in Tamworth, will tackle the Inca Trail in the Andes for Project Peru, a children’s refuge in the shanty towns of Lima.

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