In July, a team of brave employees from Britannia Leatherbarrows took to the sea to raise money for the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

 

The event was the 2013 Bournemouth Pier-to-Pier swim that spans the 1.4 mile distance between the city’s main pier and Boscombe Pier.

 

Bournemouth-based employees David Bigglestone, Lewis Mills and Andy Pittwood were among the 2000 participants.  Britannia Leatherbarrows also provided one of its vans for the day staffed by Rob Dance and Pete Booth to transport the swimmers’ kit between piers.

 

The team raised an impressive £220.00 – with all three swimmers completing the course in under an hour.

 

Andy Coles, event organiser for BHF said, “A big thank you is due to Britannia Leatherbarrows for their donation and the use of their van for the event. If everybody else manages to raise the same amount, BHF will smash their target.”

 

You can still add to Britannia Leatherbarrows’ total by visiting: www.justgiving.com/leatherbarrows

 

 

After the swim: (left to right) David Bigglestone, Andy Pittwood and Lewis Mills