A BAILDON man is set for an American adventure after winning a £15,000 holiday of a lifetime in a competition.

Daniel Wilkes, 32, won the prize in a national competition and is now planning a trip to Las Vegas and Hawaii next year with his wife Lucy, 31, and their two children, Lilly, eight, and Poppy, five.

And he has decided to share his holiday windfall with Gary Walker, his business partner at their firm, GQW Plumbing and Heating, based in Horsforth.

Mr Walker plans to spend his half of the win on a trip to Las Vegas and Barbados.

Mr Wilkes is a regular customer at James Hargreaves Plumbing Depot, which was among hundreds of plumbers’ merchants who encouraged customers to enter the Ain’t No Pipe Dream contest, run by JG Speedfit – manufacturers of a plastic plumbing system.

Mr Wilkes, of Coach Road, said his family would spend three nights in Las Vegas followed by seven nights in Hawaii. He said: “To win £15,000 of holiday vouchers is unbelievable and I couldn’t believe my ears when the call came through.

“Hawaii is somewhere my children want to go to, they suggested it.

“It is a once in a lifetime trip going to Hawaii and Las Vegas.

“We’re not going until October next year. We are all really looking forward to it and it hasn’t sunk in yet.

“I actually thought someone was playing a prank on me. Gary and I have both entered the draw multiple times, but never imagined we would win the top prize.

“I felt it wouldn’t be fair to keep all the vouchers to myself, so I am going to share them with Gary.

“I am already making plans to explore some exotic destinations and am very thankful to JG Speedfit for offering me this opportunity of a lifetime.”

Andy Barker, manager at James Hargreaves Plumbing Depot on the Balm Road Industrial Estate, in Hunslet Leeds, said: “We’re really thrilled for Daniel.

“He’s a long-time customer and it’s great to think that a local firm has won.”

Staff at James Hargreaves also benefited from Mr Wilkes’s win as they were given £500 shopping vouchers for selling JG Speedfit products linked to the competition.