Below are the charities we are supporting as part of our National 3 Peaks Challenge attempt this coming weekend. We would great appreciate any amount you could donate to any of the causes. Thank you. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/achievebootcampcoventry The Royal National Lifeboat Institution is the charity that saves lives at sea. The [...]
Achieve 3 Peaks Challenge 2011 – Scafell Pike Training Walk
June 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
At the weekend, a group of our challengers travelled to the lake district to climb one of the peaks we will actually climb during the challenge – Scafell Pike. Scafell Pike is the highest fell in England at 978m. We started the our ascent from Wasdale Head, the route was flat-ish for the first 20 [...]
Achieve 3 Peaks Challenge 2011 Training Walk 3 – Kinder Scout
May 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
On Sunday 22nd April, most of the Achieve 2011 3 Peaks Challenge team met in Edale for a training walk. We had an early-ish start of 8am which meant leaving the house before 6am; a start on the sleep deprivation of the main event. Our route started by taking us along the popular Penine Way [...]
Achieve 3 Peaks – Snowdon Recce Run
April 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
At the weekend, I went to beautiful Snowdonia for a recce of the routes I had preliminarily planned for our Achieve 3 Peaks Challenge in June 2011. I stayed on a campsite near the start of the Watkin Path just outside the village of Beddgelert. On Sunday morning, I woke up to the sound of [...]
Achieve 3 Peaks Challenge 2011 Training Walk 2
March 25, 2011 by Leave a Comment
On Sunday 20th March 2011 we went on our second training walk for our upcoming National 3 Peaks Challenge in June. I knew from my previous recce of the route, that it would be challenging if the weather was unkind. We were lucky and when we set off on our 8 mile circuit from Upper [...]
