Grandad who gorged on biscuits found himself in 'very dark place'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Covid-19 pandemic wasn't kind to anyone, flipping lives upside down and forcing people into isolation. During the pandemic, grandad John Fairley found his mental health dipping, piling on the weight he'd lost in the last decade after gorging on biscuits before sitting on video calls for work.
But the 56-year-old managed to drag himself out of a 'very dark place', quit his job as an engineer and has gone on to raise over £10,000 for charity, Birmingham Live reports. "I was working from home," John said. "My life was getting up, having a shower and sitting for eight hours a day on Teams meetings.
It wasn't pleasant." READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community "I would make myself a cup of coffee and have four to five biscuits," he said. "I got myself back into a better place." But it didn't take long for it to fall off again when lockdown ended and he reunited with personal trainer pal Alex.
The Solihull fundraiser, who has five children and two grandchildren, is now one of the oldest among more than 50 intrepid fundraisers set to conquer Ben Nevis this weekend.
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