The National Three Peaks Challenge (climbing Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, and Snowdon in 24 hours) seemed like a good idea to celebrate the upcoming 40th Birthday of one of our 12 strong team.

As most of us have children who will be in Year 3 of Falkland Primary School, Newbury, from September, we're going to make it worthwhile by raising money for new furniture for their classrooms.

We will be organising this ourselves: 10 of us will be walking and 2 drivers will be ensuring we get to each peak in plenty of time.

We're setting off on from Ben Nevis on Friday 15th of September walking 24+ miles and travelling approximately 460 miles by road completing Snowdon before tea.