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The team will carry the 60kg, nine-gallon barrel up the 3,209-foot climb. At the top, they will tap the barrel to offer other climbers the novelty of enjoying a beer at the highest bar in the land, in return for a donation to Rosemere Cancer Foundation.Ray opened Lostock Alehouse four years ago, his son Ben will be one of the team carriers. He said: “We have researched this and as far as we are aware, no one has ever climbed Scafell Pike with a barrel of beer before. It’s a first.
Lostock Alehouse hosts regular events to support both local and national charities. Staff and customers have fundraised for St Catherine’s Hospice, Derian House Children’s Hospice, the Deaf Society, Blood Bikes UK and men’s mental health charity the Movember Foundation. The charity funds cutting-edge equipment, clinical research, staff training and innovative services that the NHS cannot afford. Making patients’ care more effective, comfortable and stress-free. For more information on its work, or to make a donation, visit