Family hit landmark
Peaks for Paula challenge
The birthday of muchloved Perth restaurant founder - the late Paula De Sousa Tabourel was marked by her family standing at the top of Ben Nevis this month.
Peaks for Paula was a fundraising challenge undertaken by her husband Hervé and daughter Roxanne, who were joined by several loyal friends to climb three of Britain’s highest mountain summits in just 24 hours.
The intrepid group left Perth on Saturday, May 20, going first to Wales .
The mum-of-two died suddenly in Perth on
November 20, 2021 aged 53.
Last year, Roxanne, dad Hervé and her boyfriend Ross Phillips did a Land’s End to John O’groats cycle challenge, raising £11,000 for their chosen charity, The British Red Cross.
The Peaks for Paula followup for 2023 has now raised more than £6000.
Roxanne dedicated both efforts to the honour of “my beautiful mama.”
Paula founded several Perth restaurants with husband Hervé and Cardo on South Street continues today, with Roxanne to the fore.
Everybody made it back to Perth without injury on Monday, May 22. They made a lightning-fast tour of the three peaks beginning at 8.30am on Sunday, May 21, aiming to go up and down Snowdon in four hours.
The team included Roxanne’s boyfriend Ross, who is credited with the majority of the trip organisation, Hervé’s friend from France, Matthieu Fricaudet, and Roxanne’s pals from St John’s Academy in Perth, Mhairi O’donnell and Hannah Kerrigan.
Roxanne told the PA they ate a full cooked breakfast at a hostel then, in beautiful weather, “ran” up Mount Snowdon which was busy with more leisurely climbers.
They were down in three hours before setting off for Cumbria’s Scafell Pike in a minibus.