‘The larger than life’ landlord of the Hunter’s Moon pub in Middlemarsh near Sherborne has raised £10,300 for Parkinson’s UK by taking on several tough challenges in honour of a close friend with the disease.
Dean Mortimer smashed his £5,000 target having put his heart and soul into a fundraising mission to benefit the charity while bringing awareness of this debilitating disease.
With a little help from friends Gary Scolding, Matt Goss-Custard, Jim Brooks, Simon Pearson and Mike Wilcox, he ran the Bath Half Marathon, took part in a 24-hour Cyclethon, ditched the booze a year ago for Dry January and organised several events in his pub, including bingo, a darts match, a mid-summer market and monthly quiz nights.
Dean’s friend Sarah Chant said: “Dean has totally smashed his goal of raising £5,000 and as of yesterday reached a whopping £10,300.00!
“It seems an amazing amount to have raised by one person with support from his family and friends of course!”
To donate to the team, visit JustGiving and search for deanmortimer1.