Apologies to everyone following the blog. Internet connection ceases to exist in the mountains.

I’ll be uploading all video blogs when I get home but until then, I guess you probably want to know how we did…

Start time: 4:00pm

Ben Nevis: 3hrs 54mins

Scafell Pike: 3hrs 30mins

Snowdon: 2hrs 57mins

Finish time: 1:57pm

Challenge completed in 21hrs 57mins

A huge thank you to Mr Roger Baxter for driving us and to everyone who has sponsored us. Video blogs to follow of Scafell Pike and Snowdon.

They are well underway, three posts so far on:  http://headcase3peaks.blogspot.co.uk/

Just chillin in the back of the van. Nick has already got a nose bleed…. as you can probably see. Scotland here we come!

After about 5 hours of driving, we’ve crossed the boarder into Scotland. Traffic hasn’t been too bad and it’s safe to say that the scenery up here is much better than down south! Glasgow here we come!

So it’s the morning of the challenge. We’ve just enjoyed a hearty breakfast at the premier inn and are now on the road to Ben Nevis. If you haven’t yet seen the weather forecast, it could be an interesting climb up scafell pike early tomorrow morning with thunderstorms a strong possibility. We’re still aiming to start climbing Nevis at 4pm today. We’ll keep you posted 🙂

Watch video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SbfSDxS-8oQ

We need less than 427 quid to reach the target.

I think I’ve worked out a way to blog some videos for people to see while we do the challenge. The link will be:

http://headcase3peaks.blogspot.co.uk/

And we should hopefully start blogging tomorrow 🙂

So here it is then, tomorrow we’ll be setting off for Scotland… man this has come along quickly. Tomorrow morning we’ll be driving up to Glasgow to stay over night prior to starting the Three Peaks Challenge. Hopefully we’ll be able to get a decent nights sleep before setting off for Ben Nevis Saturday morning. We hope to start the challenge at about 4pm Saturday afternoon with the weather not looking too bad at the moment.

Training has been tough the last couple of weeks especially with this ridiculous heat and humidity. Fortunately myself and Nick were able to get out for a long walk one evening just outside of Hatfield. Neither of us realised that you don’t have to walk far before you hit some pretty amazing countryside.

Unfortunately Nick has suffered a slight groin strain from training but we’re hoping and praying that this will resolve just in time…

Last week I also took the time to buy myself some new walking boots. When I had a look at my poor excuse for some walking boots, I knew this was a good excuse to get a new pair. Hopefully they should keep my feet and ankles fairly comfortable… although I don’t think any amount of specialist equipment is going to prepare our bodies for the challenge that stares us in the face. The morning after the challenge could be an interesting one.

We would all like to thank the people who have already sponsored us, both on the justgiving page and sponsorship forms. It’s going towards a great cause and any donation no matter how big or small is hugely appreciated. Not far from that £30,000 target now. Things like this really do draw people together and it’s been amazing to see the love and support of so many towards Colin and the work that the Headcase Cancer Trust is doing. Rest in peace mate, we hope we can do you proud this weekend.

Paul