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Cumbrian tarot-reader hoping to have set Guinness world record
By Elizabeth Broughton
A tarot-reader rounded off a record-breaking 12-hour mystical marathon with ghostly goings-on during a candle-lit final reading.
Mark Hankin reads for Sarah Asquith-Vallance, of Dearham
Mark Hankin, 44, of Whitehaven, saw a total of 75 people’s futures during the mammoth Halloween stint at the Helena Thompson Museum, Workington, on Saturday.
And, though he didn’t realise his “ambitious” target of 240 readings, he still hailed the event a success – and hopes his efforts will land him a place in the Guinness Book of Records.
“We had 75 in the 12 hours and I was quite pleased with that,” said Mark, a civil engineer for Capita Symonds in Barrow. “The most I had done before that was 17 in a day so 75 was exhausting, to be honest, but it was good. I set myself quite an ambitious target of 240 but if you’re going to so something like you need to have something to aim for.
“We’re going to send everything off to Guinness today and hopefully it will get verified.”
As well as aiming to set a new world record, the challenge raised an impressive £400 which will be split between Macmillan Cancer Support and the Helena Thompson Museum. Mark also hopes that Capita Symonds will match the amount he donates to Macmillan, boosting his total to £600.
An extra-special reading was raffled off, giving one lucky winner – a woman from Lowca – the chance to have a reading by candlelight as the clock struck midnight on Halloween.
Source: Times & Star | Cumbrian tarot-reader hoping to have set Guinness world record
