Setting off from Unit 1 at the company’s site in Mold, participants completed a one-and-a-half mile loop course, with some running and some walking, cheered on by socially-distanced friends, family and generous onlookers.

Despite the rainy start on Friday evening, the sun came out on Saturday, and there was a great turnout with people representing every department in the company. Those who weren’t able to attend the event did their own laps locally adding 153.5 miles to the 571.5 achieved in Mold. Videos and lap numbers were sent in from various locations including Dumfries in the Scottish borders, Ipswich in Suffolk, Spain and, closer to home, Saltney.

Inspired by and in memory of the remarkable fund-raising achievements of the late Captain Sir Tom Moore, more than half of the company took part. Special thanks and recognition goes to Caroline Walsh who, having just recovered from a major horse riding accident, was able to hobble around a lap. Steve Morgan, P&A’s managing director, was also there for the full 24 hours with several others, doing his bit on the course as well as supporting and thanking all participants.

“I’m so proud of everyone who took part in this great event and helped P&A raise over £8,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support, our chosen charity for 2021,” said Mr Morgan. “The weather wasn’t the best to start with during the night walk/run hours but the rain certainly didn’t dampen our enthusiasm.

“The 24 hour challenge was also a great socially distanced opportunity to see people from other departments that we haven’t seen recently. It’s fair to say that there were some sore feet on Saturday but every single person was delighted to have taken part and raise money for Macmillan.”

The P&A Group would like to sincerely thank the following companies which supported the challenge for their donations:

Customers: Knights, Skye Shrubs, Salterforth Nurseries, Adrian Hall, Longacres Garden Centre and Knights Fencing; and suppliers: Twin Acres, Spotnails, DP agency, Proactive Personnel, Taylor Maxwell, Crumble Core, Protek, Samco, Evans Bellhouse, KP Global, Henrys Timber, Lloyd Spa Quarries, Taylormade Timber, Airflow Compressors, ECC Timber, Yorkshire Packaging Supplies, Jones Price Ltd, A1 De-Part-Mental, Fairway Design and Print and Plus Packaging.