Just a reminder

This is a quickie in case you needed a reminder and had some spare change.

 

http://www.bmycharity.com/5PeaksChallenge

 

Sunshine dancing

Only 14 days till the Challenge starts and the rain looks to continue for the near future, yikes! 

 

For all of you reading this, please get your dancing shoes on and start doing your sunshine dances.  Just imagine a rain dance and do the opposite!  Obviously I'm not after full on belting-down sunny heatwave, but no rain and lack of wind would be just the job.  Not too much to ask surely?

 

All the kit is coming together now.  I've just got to sit down and work out exactly what I need to take and which bag to put it in.  We are allowed three bags:

 

1) The first is our rucksack, max 35 litres in volume, which we'll be carrying with us holding the obligatory waterproofs, water, food, first aid stuff, mobile and other bits and bobs individuals feel the need to lug around.  I'll certainly have my camera.

 

2) The second back will be a small draw-string one that will be given to us at registration.  This is to hold a few other bits that we think we'll need on the challenge but won't want to carry with us.  For example my idea at the moment is to have some sandals in this one so I can put those on in between mountains to let the old feet air.  Thank goodness blogs don't do scratch and sniff.  This bag will then stay with the coaches and apparently will be how we sign in and out of the walking sections.  In other words if everyone is ready to roll on to the next mountain but there's a bag left out then either someone has gone AWOL on the fells or the wally has got on the coach without grabbing it.

 

3)  The last bag will hold clothes we arrive in and depart in at either end of the challenge.  So this will be taken from the first campsite to the last and we won't get access to it until the end.

 

So the key will be working out what I want in each bag.  As my lovely wife will testify I can guarantee at some point I'll wish I'd packed something that I didn't.  Hey ho, its list making time.

Final fundraiser done

Hi all. That's the last of the main fundraising events done. This morning was an early start to get to a boot fair and sell a car full of books and stuff. The grand total for the day is £120 so I'm very chuffed.

I'll be paying that in to the bank tomorrow so I can transfer it to my sponsorship page. A fellow challenger is struggling to raise the minimum money so the £120 is going halves. 50% in to mine and 50% to his. So other than some odd shrapnel and anything else coming in I'm not expecting I'll have reached £2500 in total. A massive thanks to everyone who's sponsored me its a huge effort and so much more than I was expecting.

I've recently bought all my plasters and pain killers and bits recommended to be carried so that's everything ready I think.

All it means now is to pack closer to the time and double check my travel.

If you've still got a few pennies spare then http://www.bmycharity.com/5peakschallenge

Keep watching the blog as I'll be updating it more as time gets closer.

Two and a half weeks to go

It's now only two and a half weeks to go till the challenge.

I got my welcome pack through the post yesterday which made it feel very official.

So I've got some shopping to do for some first aid stuff a d blister remedies. The train ticket from Holyhead to betwys y coed is paid for and the insurance ready.

All we need now is some better luck with the weather and not have it raining the whole time

So as time gets closer watch this space as my blogs will get more frequent.

Last slave day done

Well that was the last of my slave days done and dusted. It was lots of hedge trimming and pruning.

So that's it. Only 7 weeks till the event itself. The ready of the weekends need to be training and of course veggie growing.

I'll keep you posted on the training.

5Peaks itinerary. Eeeek!

Itinerary 04 - 08 July 2012
The Heroes 5 Peaks Challenge crosses 4 national borders and one sea as participants take on Snowdon in Wales,

Scafell Pike in England, Ben Nevis in Scotland, Sleive Donard in Northern Ireland and Carrantuohill in Eire.

Wednesday 04 July

14:00 Registration opens at the Snowdon camp, we encourage you to join by public transport; shuttle buses from Betws-y-Coed train station will be running from 1300 onwards

17-19:00 You will be treated to a Heroes dinner and safety briefing to prepare you for the challenge ahead, before an early night.

Thursday 05 July

02:00 The challenge begins! An early start will see you pack up camp and board transport as you head to your first peak.

03:30 Transfer shuttles start to Pen-y-Pass
04:00 Snowdon Climb, Wales ( 3 ,560ft or 1,085m )
08:30 Transfers to Scafell Pike Seathwaite Base Camp via coaches
13:30 Scafell Pike Climb, England (3,209ft or 978m )
19:00 Transfers to Ben Nevis Base Camp via coaches and the chance to get some sleep as you

prepare for the highest peak of this challenge.

Friday 06 July

02:00 Hot food, kit check and safety brief
02:30 Ben Nevis Climb, Scotland ( 4,409ft or 1,344m )
08:30 Transfer to Cairnryan to catch the Ferry
14:00 Arrive Cainryan to check in for our ferry crossing
15:00 Sail to Larne (Northern Ireland ), an hour rest to prepare for your first Irish Peak. 16:00 Dock at Larne
16:30 Transfer to Slieve Donnard Base Camp via coaches
18:30 Hot food break
19:00 Slieve Donnard Climb, Northern Ireland ( 2,789ft or 849m )

Saturday 07 July

00:30 Transfer to Carrantuohill Base Camp (the last mountain!! ) 07:30 Breakfast break
08:00 Carrantuohill Climb, Republic of Ireland (3,406ft or 1,038m ) 11:00 Summit Carrantuohill – Heroes 5 Peaks Done!

13:30 Arrive back into Carrantuohill car park 14:00 Arrive at the tented village ( w ith the bar! ) 19:00 You celebration Heroes Dinner is served 

Gentle reminder

Here's a gentle reminder of my fundraising page.

http://www.bmycharity.com/5PeaksChallenge

If you like my blog or simply want to support our military heroes please donate what you can. Even a simple pound will help. Remember to tick the gift aid box.