Twenty six hours and fifteen minutes is a long time to be climbing mountains, but that is what the 'Roy Castle Six' (as we call them) did on August 22nd!

For those of you who don't know about the three peaks mountain race, it takes in Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scafell pike in the Lake District and Snowdon in North Wales. All three mountains are the highest peaks in their relevant countries and the race is non stop, finishing at the foot of the first and last mountain, aiming to complete the challenge in as close to twenty four hours as possible.

We were hit by the cloud on Big Ben and fought our way down through the crowds heading up to a feast of haggis on the summit! We then shot off to the lakes in a mini bus restricting 60mph, arriving to enjoy a clear bright evening in the English countryside before venturing into wet Welsh Wales in the dark. The Roy Castle Six did not let this poor weather dampen their spirits, instead they pushed on through the night to reach the summit of first light and then head back down the beast that is Snowdon to a warm dry set of clothes. All bar one of the challenges completed the task, we unfortunately had to sacrifice him to the god of bad knees! We ate his liver with some Welsh farmers pickle!

The magnificent six have all recovered and have helped to raise much needed funds to keep the boffins at Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation labs researching on your behalf!