Three Peaks Training Update - Two Weeks To Go

Three Peaks Challenge

With just two weeks to go until the challenge, minds are being focused and plans are being finalised!  

After concerns over the minibus restriction of 62 mph, the team have now decided to use a 9 seater people carrier in the hope that less travel time between the peaks will allow them maximum time for getting up and down those mountains. The smaller vehicle may have less space for stretching out and access to gear, but on balance this looks like the better choice.

The vehicle change makes even more sense now that several team members are carrying some rather worrying injuries, with Giles’ shoulder & ankle, Iaine’s knee and Andy’s heel all causing a fair amount of concern. It is fair to say that many fingers and toes are being crossed!

Provisions for the attempt have been given an excellent boost recently thanks to the good people from DHL at  Morrisons Distribution Centre, who kindly organised a bumper supply of pot noodles, energy drinks and cereal bars, which will be perfect for the team to refuel during the 24 hrs. The DHL staff have also raised a significant amount of sponsor money amongst themselves for the attempt, for which we are very grateful!!

 

The team with DHL staff when they collected sponsorship and provisions!

                                        
                                           Please see this post about other kind sponsors

If you would like to make an online donation, please use the following link:

http://www.justgiving.com/somersetallsorts  

Or if you are a local business who would like to get involved, please do get in touch by contacting one of the team or emailing SomersetBreakthrough@gmail.com

At the time of writing this, the north of England is under a terrible deluge of rainstorms and the middle of the 3 peaks, Scafell Pike, is virtually a no-go area due to flooded roads and horrendous conditions. This is ruining the three peaks attempts of many groups this weekend, so everyone is hoping for better weather and luck on July 6^th and 7^th!

On the subject of horrendous weather, four of the team travelled to Snowdon last weekend for a training hike and fact finding mission. Unfortunately, storms and 70mph+ winds made the summit unreachable. Despite the disappointment of not getting to the top of Snowdon, the lads certainly found out exactly how un-waterproof some of their gear is, which prepared them for the possibility of how uncomfortable the attempt will be if it is wet!

We’re hoping there will be a picture of the team in the Bridgwater Mercury this coming Tuesday, which will give the challenge and of course Breakthrough a little more publicity.

Finally, here’s a pic from a training hike on the Mendips this morning (it was not staged, even if it looks like it!)
 

"Yep... we're heading that way..."

 Previous Three Peaks Update


In memory of Julie Selway:
Julies Legacy - Touch Look Check


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Ladies Night October 12th 2012

* * * *  FRIDAY OCTOBER 12TH 2012  * * * *

Set the date in your diaries ladies, for the women of the Somerset Breakthrough Breast Cancer Group are organising another saucy night of entertainment for you!

This year, our fun and games will be held at Dickies Bar (yes, that's right) at Unity Farm in Brean.

Tickets are only £15, so if you are local then why not pop along - a great time was had by all last year!

Group members with last year's special guests!

More details to follow, but if you would like to know more info then please do email HollyMacBeth@sky.com 

Here's a link about last year's event 
Ladies Night 2011

Three Peaks Training Update

Three Peaks Challenge

With just 4 weeks to go until the attempt, the lads are still training as much as they can to build up their stamina and mountain legs!

Early morning on Brean Down

Although jogging and general gym work undoubtedly helps, there’s really no substitute for time spent hiking up and down the Somerset hills in the clothes & kit that will be used on Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Mount Snowdon. You learn small but important lessons, such as how best to pack your rucksack and which energy snacks/drinks you prefer – small details go a long way.  

The team are regularly making the most of the Quantocks, Exmoor & Mendips and are getting stronger & fitter after every walk.

Wills Neck

Because they will be starting (hopefully) the English leg of the challenge in the middle of the night, they are planning on at least one night-time training hike, so they can test out their head torches and get some experience of hiking in the dark.

It doesn’t help that Scafell Pike is the hardest peak to climb and navigate, but they climbed it in daylight on a training run in early May, so have given themselves every chance of success. 

Summit of Scafell Pike!

Sponsorship is going well with most money being pledged on the lads’ individual sponsor forms rather than the team’s Just Giving page, and we have been lucky enough to secure some excellent backing from local businesses as well.

Please see following post:

Kind Sponsors of the Challenge 

On a sadder note, team member Chris Curtis has unfortunately pulled out of the attempt due to unforeseen work and family commitments. Although a huge disappointment, Chris recognised that he couldn’t meet the amount of preparation & training that the challenge requires, and so has sensibly stood down. The national three peaks 24 hour challenge is a seriously difficult undertaking that demands respect and shouldn’t be attempted without the correct training.

But Chris has wished the rest of the team well and will be rooting for us all the way.

Hopefully we’ll post some more pictures soon.

In memory of Julie Selway:
Julies Legacy - Touch Look Check

Thanks for reading!

Training Update - Two Weeks To Go

Kind Sponsors of our Three Peaks Challenge

All of us at the Somerset Breakthrough Breast Cancer Group are extremely grateful for everyone who has sponsored this attempt and are helping make it happen.

As well as the team’s online Just Giving page, the lads are all very proud that so many friends, family and work colleagues are signing their individual sponsor forms, which is making all the training a little bit easier.

But the team would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the following local companies & businesses that have stepped up and supported the attempt in a major way – without their generous help and contributions we wouldn’t be raising anywhere near the amount that we are hopefully on target to achieve.

So, many many thanks to the following people:

  

For supplying the transport




For keeping the transport on the road



  

For a bumper sponorship donation of £500





Whose kind staff sponsored the team with donations they raised amongst themselves.

They also organised donations of pot noodles, energy bars & drinks from their partners at  



Distribution Centre 



The 3 peaks team with DHL staff when they collected their provisions and sponsorship 

 

                                        THANK YOU EVERYONE !!

If you would like to make an online donation, please use the following link:

http://www.justgiving.com/somersetallsorts  

Or if you are a local business who would like to get involved, please do get in touch by contacting one of the team or emailing SomersetBreakthrough@gmail.com