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Case Study: Purple Mountain Observatory X Lucky Saint Community Hike 



Objectives
  • Drive brand awareness and engagement through localised activations in and around Manchester
  • Generate organic social reach through a highly resharable activation 
  • Begin to embed Lucky Saint within sports other than running
Insight:
  • Walking is the second most cited activity behind running on Strava (Strava, 2025)

    Route plan
    • Nice countryside route near Manchester, which could end at a pub that had Lucky Saint on draught  
    • After comparing several routes I found a 3 hour loop around Strines which is 30 minutes from Manchester Piccadilly and has rolling hills, rivers, great views of both the Peaks and Manchester and a brilliant indipendant pub stocking Lucky Saint nearby.
    • I used a weekend to reccie the hike twice, ensuring it would be both safe and popular for the hikers!  


    Event assets
    • An event, poster to ensure high engagement ahead of launching the event
    • Beer matt souveneirs that doubled as bar tokens
    • 2 x disposable cameras
    • A pint of Lucky Saint and some merch, on us

    On the day
    • I led on the route navigation and safety briefing
    • Captured content for our social media channels throughout, showcasing how the day went



    Our hikers captured the day with the provided cameras:



    Results
    • 27 attendees - despite storm Claudia the day before! 
    • 101k views
    • 145 reshares 
    • 9 UGC posts and stories tagging Lucky Saint
    Examples of User-generated content from the day