Jon Wyles and his team at Smart Storage completed the National 3 Peaks - in November! But that didnt put them off and they're all still here to tell the story... so in the words of Jon:

"Smart Storage did the Three Peaks Challenge over last weekend.

We arrived in Fort William on Friday evening after a delightful seven hour drive in the mini bus! Hopefully you heard us on the Chris Evans show on Radio 2 live from a lay-by in the middle of nowhere in Scotland.  

We were up a 3.40am on Saturday and at the foot of Ben Nevis at 4.45am. We walked up in the dark and into the snow on the top and then back down as the dawn broke, spectacular! All done by 10am.

Then off to Scafell in the Lakes another delightful 6 hours in the minibus.  

We started Scafell at 5pm in the wind rain and dark. We walk to about 30 minutes from the top only to be hit by the beginnings of some severe weather and an electrical storm. The decision was taken that it was too dangerous to make the summit with 55mph winds reported as well. So we turned round getting back to the bottom by 9pm.

Then another 5 hours in the minibus to Snowdon. The smell of wet feet and clothes starting to take over! We reached Snowdon at 2am Sunday morning only to be confronted by cloud cover down to the car park. We sat in the minibus until 4.30am before the cloud lifted sufficiently to start the climb.  

Completely exhausted we set out in the dark and rain and went for it, reaching the summit at around 7.30am. After a brief celebration at the top we headed down to the joy of a further 2 hours in the mini bus back to the Wirral.  

Thank you to all who contributed in donations and sponsorship. But also thanks to all who made this possible. Greg and Tim from Go Commando www.go–commando.co.uk who guided us up and down handed out a few motivational chats and encouragement along the way, as well hundreds of jelly babies to keep the sugar levels up! Vicky our wonderful minibus driver. All those who did the walk and those who kept the business open and operating over the weekend, swapped shifts or worked additional hours. All family and friends who helped on the domestic front to enable those who took part to be away from home over the weekend. This was very much a team effort and without all these contributions we would not have been able to make the weekend the success it was.

Although we are still collecting the sponsorship we expect to have raised £5000 for North West Cancer Research Fund. Thanks again for those who have contributed, for those who intended to but haven’t quite got round to it yet here is your opportunity. The link to my Just Giving page is below and all contributions large or small are greatly appreciated.

http://www.justgiving.com/Jon-Wyles-Smart-Storage/

There is a five Peak Challenge including the two highest peaks in Northern and Southern Ireland and that could be the plan for next year!!!

Thanks again

Jon"