Under The Counter has nothing but respect for the 62 One Stop colleagues who raised £50,000 for Children in Need by completing a 12-hour hiking challenge up and down eight 3,000ft Welsh mountains.
The closest UTC has come to replicating this feat was the time the lift broke in SLR Towers, and he had to climb eight flights of stairs. That also took 12 hours.
So, he doffs his bunnet to all those who conquered the Oggie 8. That’s the name of the challenge, by the way, not a gang of ramblers locked up for hogging the top of a hill taking selfies.
However, the Auld Boy thinks someone should do some jail time for the criminally bad job they made of photoshopping the intrepid One Stop bunch onto a suitably outdoorsy background for a publicity shot.
And if you’re thinking “It’s not that bad”, ask yourself why hardly anyone in the picture is dressed for a stint in Snowdonia—especially the lady front and centre sporting a rather fetching pair of light-blue Crocs.
Or ponder how the woman in the white coat and white trainers is staying upright after having one of her ankles digitally removed.
