A PENDLE firm which organised the largest bike ride in Scotland is celebrating after scooping two awards.

Barnoldswick-based Pennine Events won the Event Management award and Best Leisure Sporting Event of the Year at the Scottish Event Awards.

The prizes were in recognition of the firm’s work on last year’s Pedal for Scotland event.

It involved 7,000 cyclists riding from Glasgow to Edinburgh via country parks, lochs, castles, rolling countryside and cycle paths.

Pennine Events organised the event in partnership with Cycling Scotland, which is responsible for promoting cycling in Scotland.

Director Mark Sandamas said: “It is so satisfying for our work to be recognised in this way and particularly for it to win two awards.

“It’s also exciting to know that our event even beat the organisers of last year’s Scottish Cup Final.”

Pennine Events, with offices in Barnoldswick and Wigan, specialises in organising sports, leisure, and health events, for councils, charities, health authorities and private companies, across the country.

It regularly organises events for British Cycling, the UK’s governing body for cycle road racing including Colne Grand Prix, The Tour of Pendle, and the sportive Pendle Pedal.