Two charities have received a boost after two men from Cooper Solutions wracked up a combined 166 miles - on bike and foot.
Dean Pipitone and Tom Eaton took on charity challenges in memory of friends and family close to their hearts.
Account Manager Tom was part of a ten-strong team which took on the Three Peaks Challenge, while Director Dean took to the saddle to tackle the Coast 2 Coast (C2C) cycle challenge.
Dean and his friend Paul Evans completed the 140 mile cycle from Whitehaven to the east coast, via the Lake District and Pennines, in just two days.
The duo took on the gruelling route to commemorate the life of Dean’s father-in-law Peter Andrew who sadly passed away last year after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
And despite a small hiccup along the way, which resulted in Dean and Paul, taking a detour to finish near Sunderland, the pair completed the cycle on time and more than doubled their fundraising target to make £2,000 for Parkinson’s UK.
Tom’s Three Peaks team also smashed their target of £2,500 to raise over £5,000 for mental health charity Mind in honour of university friend Phil Saravanamuttu who took his own life last year after a battle with depression and anorexia.
Tom said: “We encountered severe weather warnings on Snowdon and extremely tough conditions ascending Scafell Pike which slowed us up, but we were chuffed to finish and overjoyed to raise more than £5,000 for Mind in memory of Phil.”
Dean added: “It was a fantastic experience even if we ended up doing more miles than anticipated after a few wrong turns! My father-in-law loved the Lake District and the Pennines and could often be found on a bike during his youth, so the C2C was an apt challenge to do to remember him and raise funds for a fantastic charity.”
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