MOST people look forward to putting their feet up at retirement - but David A Glen is definitely going to need a rest.

The PriceWaterhouseCooper accountant leaves the firm after 32 years of service... and he's going out with a "sponsored retirement".

To raise cash for the Beatson, where his late wife was treated for breast cancer, David is taking on a challenge he's dubbed the DAGathalon.

He has run the distance between his two oldest clients, cycled from his Glasgow office to the PWC Edinburgh branch and finally he will drive to Aberdeen in a three-wheeled car.

David said: "It all started last summer when the idea came to me in a mad half hour.

"I was thinking that I better send an email round the team to say what my plans for leaving are, thinking I should have some sort of retirement do before I go.

"I thought, 'The hat will go round and I'll get the ubiquitous gold watch.'

"'I have got enough stuff, I don't need any more. But if the hat goes round then I could use that money to give to the Beatson.'

"I then started to think about how I could make the hat much bigger by getting them to sponsor me in a sponsored retirement.

"I thought I would connect up my career with the three Scottish offices."

The first leg of his triathlon-with-a-twist saw David run the 13 miles between the offices of his two longest-serving clients, STV and Devro.

He then cycled from the PWC Glasgow branch through to its counterpart in Edinburgh.

But the most challenging section of the fundraiser will see David and his wife Helen drive a Reliant Robin to Aberdeen.

In a nod to the much-loved British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, the couple will be dressed as Del Boy and Rodney.

David said: "When I was planning it I was thinking, 'Well, I'm not swimming to Aberdeen.'

"I'm quite into driving and cars, I always take part in the Monte Carlo classic car rally so I thought about driving to Aberdeen in something stupid.

"I thought a Reliant Robin would be perfect - and completely nuts - if I could find one of them.

"I looked online and up popped a Reliant Robin in Falkirk so I snapped it up for £500."

But David's good fortune in finding the car so quickly didn't last - the vehicle broke down five miles later.

It has now been extensively repaired, decked out in the Beatson Cancer Charity livery and named the Beatson Banger.

The 53-year-old added: "I'm worried I'm going to be pushing this Reliant Robin up the hill to Aberdeen.

"If it survives the journey then I'm going to gift it to the Beatson - it would be a great raffle prize or good for using at events."

As well as support on each leg of the journey from Helen, PWC staff have also joined in sections of the challenge, which finishes with the trip to Aberdeen today.

David a director of the Beatson Cancer Charity and has been since it was established nearly five years ago.

He is an avid supporter of the charity after his first wife, Trina, who died of breast cancer on November 5 2009.

David added: "I have really mixed feelings about retirement but I am going to miss the people here the most.

"And this challenge is a great way to say goodbye to them and a great way to support the Beatson."