The heroic endeavours of a life-saving delivery driver are set to continue in Angus with his preparations for a mammoth charity fundraiser.
Brian Provan became a household name for Courier readers after we revealed how he pulled a number of residents from araging flat fire in Arbroath.
The Perth dad of one was on his delivery rounds for Parcelforce when he saw smoke billowing out the window of a ground-floor flat in Dishlandtown Street.
He switched into “auto-pilot mode” and valiantly rescued the occupants of the block from the drama before fire crews arrived and extinguished the blaze.
He is now set to make a return to the town on Friday when he and a trio of colleagues from the Parcelforce depot will walk from their HQ in Perth to the Angus town in a warm-up for a massive fundraising event to raise money to beat prostate cancer.
The men expect to complete the 40-mile walk from Perth to Arbroath in just under 16 hours, leaving Perth at midnight and arriving at Arbroath at around 4pm on Friday.
The group have been kitted out in walking gear by sponsors KG Technical Services and are taking on the challenge in practice for the Brecon Beacon challenge in Wales in June.
Brian said: “We’re all looking forward to the trip and we’re going to be raising the money to fight prostate cancer.
“Arbroath company KG Technicals are backing us. They donated to us last year for the Three Peak Challenge by giving us a fair bit of money and they are supporting us to do this walk this year.
“We went to Cardiff recently for a training session ahead of the Beacon challenge and for us going down there for just a three-hour course was a bit of an eye opener.
“It’s not just a walk in the park. It’s going to be up and down mountains and the area is also used by the SAS as their training ground so it’s going to be a big ask.
“We’re all kitted out and the walk from Perth to Arbroath will be a big thing for us.”
To sponsor Brian and his colleagues, head to www.sponsorme.co.uk/kevinsmith/trekfest2014.aspx