The final footsteps taken by Lucy Coppack on her epic journey around the Peak District will be the most poignant.
The path to the top of Shutlingsloe above Macclesfield was designed by her late mum Lynne and partly built by her dad Ian.
The landmark will therefore provide a fitting climax to her record attempt to climb all 88 trig points in the Peak District as quickly as possible.
The Shutlingsloe path Lucy’s mum designed and her dad helped build.
The combined height of the coordinate trigs is around 35,000 metres.
Lucy is already well on the way towards raising £7,500 for East Cheshire Hospice where her mum was a patient 25 years ago.
That is how much it costs to provide a day’s care at the Hospice which provides some of Lucy’s earliest childhood memories.
She was just a toddler when her mum died of breast cancer, aged 38.
Lucy with her late mum Lynne.
Now 28, Lucy said: “I was too small to remember much about my mum, but I’ve got happy memories of the Hospice.
“That’s why I’m driven to do this challenge because those memories aren’t sad. They’d serve her sherry in the evenings and I’d play with the toys. Every year I still get a birthday card from the nurses.”
Lucy starts her adventure next month and aims to finish in September.
She said: “Not many have climbed all the trigs and they haven’t done it against the clock. I’m hoping to climb several each week.
“The shortest climb is six miles and the longest up to 20 miles and I’ve made it my mission to walk, run, and even crawl if necessary.”
Lucy Coppack by one of the trig points.
Lucy’s challenge will fit round her job with Royal London where she is a financial services coach, a role that includes promoting well-being and mental health.
Her parents, from Langley, met when Lynne was Ian’s boss. He worked on a project she had designed.
As a landscape architect, Lynne ran a joint project between the Peak park and Cheshire County Council to re-instate the footpath up to Shutlingsloe.
The stone was flown in by helicopter and Lucy’s father, a council ranger, ran the project on the ground.
Lucy said: “That’s why the path is sentimental to me and means a lot each time I climb it. It was the obvious place to end my challenge and family and friends will hopefully join me on that final leg.”
Lucy is on Instagram via @lucy.does.trigs and to donate visit justgiving.com/fundraising/lucy-coppack1
Lucy preparing for her fundraising adventure.
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