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And so the challenge is complete!!
We trundled up to Scotland on the Tuesday in a good time of 10.5 hours. Most of us spent the entire journey carb-loading on the masses of food we had packed. We stayed in a bunkhouse at the foothills of Ben Nevis. After a few bottles of wine and beer, a hearty dinner and a compass and map reading coaching session from Gary (a bit last minute) it was off to sleep.
We awoke to a huge cooked breakfast, courtesy of the drivers/chefs and then wondered around a rainy Fort William. At 4pm we began the challenge. The lasting impression of Ben Nevis will be - very wet, very cold and breathtaking beautiful at the top.
After a big bowl of pasta it was an overnight drive to Scarfell Pike in the Lake District. The hardest of the 3 mountains, it involved clambering (or falling should we say) up and down huge boulders. We were met at the bottom with a yummy breakfast and then bundled into the mini-bus to drive to Wales.
The sun was shining in Wales but as we climbed the mountain it quickly disappeared to be bitterly cold and foggy. So no views at the top (in fact we had to fight to stop ourselves being blown off) but the thought of a hot dinner & alcohol pushed us all to race back down.
The Boyes Turner teams came a respectable 3rd and 4th so not bad at all.
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In order to raise money for the fabulous Debbie Fund, a team of intrepid walkers from Boyes Turner will be participating in the 3 Peaks Challenge.
Starting at 3pm on 15 June 2011 we will climb Ben Nevis, then move on to Scafell Pike (starting at 5am on 16 June 2011) and finally cross the Severn to move into Wales to scale Snowdon. We aim to finish within 24 hours, but will no doubt be pleased to finish full stop!
We couldn't be more proud to be raising money for such a worthy cause. The Debbie Fund, part of the UCL Cancer Research Trust, was set up in memory of Debbie Phillips, who died of cervical cancer on 11 February 2010. During the progession of her disease, it became apparent that there was no dedicated research into drug treatment specifically for cervical cancer. A group of Debbie's family and friends came together to raise funds to ensure that the necessary research can be carried out at UCL.
So far, the Debbie Fund has raised almost £500,000.00 and we want to help them continue in their work so please, dig deep and donate as much as you can for a very worthy cause - just be relieved we're not all charging you by the hour!
Find out more at: #mce_temp_url#