Manchester Metrolink has been expanding rapidly over the past few years but you probably didn’t realise that a Metrolink tram has recently been spotted in Hebden Bridge – in Yorkshire! Obviously a Metrolink line hasn’t suddenly been built across the Pennines but the tram was in fact the “MetMan” costume which was being used for charity 21 mile hike in aid of Francis House hospice.
The man who had the gruelling task of completing the hike in the costume was Neil Harrison, Stakeholder and Communications Manager at Metrolink, who explains more: “The MetMan costume is great fun for children, but not so much fun for nine hours of hiking across 21 miles of fairly wild countryside. It involved a climb of more than 2,500 feet, it was utterly exhausting, incredibly hot and difficult and I couldn’t really see where I was going, but it was completely worth it to raise money for such a good cause. The care and support the hospice provides is incredibly humbling, so this was the very least I could do to help them continue their fantastic work. I hope this raises funds and makes more people aware of this incredible charity.”
Neil undertook the Hebden Bridge Parish boundary hike in aid of Francis House, a hospice in Manchester that provides a home from home for the families of children with life threatening of life limiting conditions, where they can receive professional care, support and friendship.
Neil has raised £400 so far but is still accepting donations through his Just Giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/Neil-Harrison10