Stuart Kettell during the roll (Picture: Caters)

Having just completed a week of levitating in shopping malls for ten hours a day, fundraiser Stuart Kettell wanted something to really get his teeth into.

Then a pal prompted a Eureka moment. ‘My friend said to me ‘‘What are you going to do next? Push a pea up Snowdon?’’’ said the 49-year-old.

‘And I thought ‘‘That’s a great idea’’. Obviously a pea is a little too small so I’ve chosen to use a sprout instead.’

The father of three takes raising money for Macmillan Cancer Research very seriously, so he did a trial run.


‘It took me 50 minutes just to push the sprout a tenth of a mile up the mountain,’ he said. ‘With that in mind I’ve predicted it’s going to take me four days and at least 40 sprouts to complete the challenge. I’m starting to wish I picked a larger vegetable.



‘I do actually like sprouts but I think after this I might be put off for life.’

He has limbered up for the 1,066m (3,500ft) Welsh peak by pushing a sprout around his garden in Coventry.

‘The hardest part for me will probably be the back pain of being crouched over for that length of time,’ he added.

In previous challenges Mr Kettell has raised £41,000 for Macmillan Cancer Research. It is a charity he has supported since they helped an old school friend. He begins his challenge on July 30.

To sponsor him visit: www.justgiving.com/Stuart-Kettell10