The Red Pouches - 3 Peaks Challenge
Fundraising Target: £10000
My Donations to date: £17272
Fundraiser(s): Chris Welsh, Lynn McGhee, Tim Blake, Craig Abbs, Paul Blacktop, Steve Ratcliff, Peter Reynolds, Paul Taylor, Alec Pybus, Peter Ford, Richard Brusell, Simon Crow, Andy Atkinson, Martin Binks, Matt Fisher, Steven Card, Dave Roach and Chris Clingham
Event: 3 Peaks Challenge
Event Date: 25th July 2009
Charitie(s) Supported: Arthur Rank Hospice Charity,East Anglias Childrens Hospice,
CHALLENGE COMPLETE !
WE BEAT THE THREE PEAKS - WATCH THE FILM OF OUR CHALLENGE BY CLICKING ON OUR TEAM PHOTO
The Challenge 2009
Who are we ?
We are a group of Royal Mail employees from Cambridge Mail Centre and the surrounding area. We have been raising money for local Cambridge charities for the last 4 years, and this year we’re really stretching ourselves.
The Plan:
To take two teams of 8 climbers travelling in minibuses from Cambridge to Ben Nevis in Scotland. This is roughly a 500 mile drive which according to Google Earth will take 9 hours and 2 minutes to complete. There, we will climb Ben Nevis, and the guide books suggest this should take 5 hours to complete.
This is followed by another 265 mile drive taking approximately 6 hours to Scafell Pike in Cumbria, where the ascent and decent will take another 5 hours.
That's two out of three !
Back in the vehicles for a further 202 mile drive to Mount Snowdon (Google Earth says 4 hours 12 minutes driving) and we're on the last stretch, a four hour climb up and down the 3,560ft Welsh mountain.
That's 10 hours of driving and 14 hours of climbing to complete the Challenge! Add to that all the other driving, and we have a very busy weekend ahead of us !
Just a few facts on our expedition:
• 3,407 metres to climb, or for the metrically challenged 11,172 ft
• 26 miles of walking
• 1,182 mile round trip from Cambridge
• 23½ hours of driving in one weekend
And we're doing this all in aid of charity.
You can sponsor us here for donations to the East Anglia Children's Hospice in Milton, and to the Arthur Rank House Hospice in Cambridge.
All money raised will be split equally between these two charities.
Thanks for your support for these two great causes. They need every penny you can spare.
Watch our progress by clicking on our logo.
On 9 May we reached our target of £4000 so we have set ourselves a new target of £6000.
On 14 July we passed our new target, so we have set another stretching one for us to aim at - we now want to raise £10,000. With just a week to go before we go, we really need all the support we can get.
We have now completed our Challenge, and a great success it was too. Everyone contributed to a very enjoyable although very hard weekend, and our teams gave a great account of themselves.
We're now gathering our sponsorship together, and you still have a chance to donate. Please give generously, and don't forget Gift Aid, please.
Please support us and help these noble causes.
Contributions
| Display Name | Date | Amount | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Clingham | 13th April 2009 | £50.00 | Cardy's in ! Good luck team ! Donate through Charities Trust and don't forget Gift Aid |
| Rebecca Thornton | 18th April 2009 | £10.00 | Go Uncle Chris !! |
| Anonymous | 25th April 2009 | £10.00 | Good Luck Uncle Chris!!! |
| Mark Pleasance | 08th June 2009 | £50.00 | I'm in, all best to the team. |
| Peter Wood | 11th July 2009 | £10.00 | Good luck to you all! Recognise quite a few of those names!! Pete |
| Dawn Oliver | 15th July 2009 | £10.00 | Good to meet you on Monday Chris and good luck with the challenge. |
| Anonymous | 16th July 2009 | £400.00 | The Stig says "This is such a noble cause I wish you every success with your challenge" |
| Michael Bullivant Associates | 19th July 2009 | £100.00 | Good luck to you all |
| Alison Binks | 19th July 2009 | £50.00 | Good Luck! |
| Graham Binks | 19th July 2009 | £50.00 | |
| Alec Pybus | 20th July 2009 | £100.00 | Good luck to the rest of the team |
| Ray Tompsett | 20th July 2009 | £10.00 | Good luck and hope the weather looks after you. |
| Ian Jones | 20th July 2009 | £10.00 | Good luck everyone and make sure you work Alec hard! |
| Thomas East | 20th July 2009 | £20.00 | Good luck. |
| juliet binns | 20th July 2009 | £10.00 | good luck ! |
| Anna Batman | 20th July 2009 | £50.00 | Martin - Cowboy Up!! |
| David Batman | 20th July 2009 | £50.00 | Excellent way to get fit to push a pram!!! |
| David Batman | 20th July 2009 | £50.00 | Good training for pram pushing! |
| ALAN FROUD | 20th July 2009 | £10.00 | Best of luck Martin |
| Tim Brain | 21st July 2009 | £10.00 | Go for it Binktsy take the pain show us you're the man!! |
| TONY BATTISON | 21st July 2009 | £10.00 | Rather you than me with the pain relief bit - but good luck |
| Darren Stanton | 21st July 2009 | £20.00 | |
| Michale Savage | 21st July 2009 | £10.00 | Good luck - hope the sun shines. |
| garry woodley | 21st July 2009 | £20.00 | |
| Rupert Shaw | 21st July 2009 | £20.00 | Good luck |
| Martin Slade | 21st July 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Paul and Louise Robinson | 21st July 2009 | £30.00 | Best of luck! |
| Karen McMahon | 21st July 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Estelle Post | 21st July 2009 | £250.00 | Good Luck. Hope this helps a very worthwhile cause |
| Joanne Elliott | 21st July 2009 | £20.00 | Mad? Yes, but good luck anyway........! |
| David Bentley | 21st July 2009 | £10.00 | Only 3 peaks - what about Northern Ireland! Good luck Martin. |
| Charlie Jackson | 21st July 2009 | £10.00 | Good luck Binksy. Don't forget to pack some wet wipes. Charlie |
| The Rednalls | 21st July 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Ronnie Henderson | 21st July 2009 | £20.00 | Up in the clouds again , Martin?? |
| linda jordan | 21st July 2009 | £50.00 | Hi M, Enjoy! Great stuff. |
| Richard Mills | 22nd July 2009 | £20.00 | Good luck all! |
| Clare Stafford | 22nd July 2009 | £15.00 | It should just a couple of quick strides for a man of your height, Mr B! |
| Aleta Weir | 22nd July 2009 | £20.00 | Good luck! |
| Robin Mottershaw | 22nd July 2009 | £10.00 | Thankyou for supporting EACH. Good Luck |
| Tracey Tavender | 22nd July 2009 | £10.00 | Good luck. |
| Anonymous | 23rd July 2009 | £500.00 | Great effort from you all, website brilliant, keep up the good work . |
| David Harris | 23rd July 2009 | £10.00 | Good Luck Martin |
| Steven ayres | 23rd July 2009 | £500.00 | This is an absolutely fantastic effort and well done to you all. Good luck |
| Niki & Andy Prytherick | 23rd July 2009 | £10.00 | Have a fabulous weekend. The challenge is to beat Niki's time of 22hs 35. Good Luck!! |
| Pat Walsh | 24th July 2009 | £10.00 | Good Luck |
| kevin mccarthy | 24th July 2009 | £20.00 | Good luck this weekend guys |
| Barry Parkins | 25th July 2009 | £10.00 | Good luck |
| Anonymous | 27th July 2009 | £300.00 | |
| phil berquez | 27th July 2009 | £20.00 | Hope it went well....... |
| Megan Clingham | 27th July 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Lynne Clingham | 27th July 2009 | £10.00 | Well done to all the team, and a special hug for my hubby ! |
| Laura Cinque | 27th July 2009 | £5.00 | |
| Clare Murphy | 28th July 2009 | £10.00 | Well done to all, you must be so proud of your achievements! |
| Annette Cuthbertson | 28th July 2009 | £20.00 | Andrew A- fab effort, glad the knees held out! :O) Annette |
| Stuart Tricker | 29th July 2009 | £10.00 | Well done! |
| Iain Richardson | 29th July 2009 | £20.00 | Well done all superb effort all though I am sure it was a shock for the great mountains of Britain. |
| Mr F Reverchon | 29th July 2009 | £10.00 | Well done Simon and everyone |
| Muriel Fitzpatrick | 29th July 2009 | £10.00 | |
| andrew starosolsky | 29th July 2009 | £5.00 | |
| John Duncan | 29th July 2009 | £50.00 | |
| Alex Johnson | 29th July 2009 | £20.00 | |
| Chris Ward | 30th July 2009 | £30.00 | Good Effort! |
| jan Challis | 30th July 2009 | £20.00 | Well done everyone. |
| Caroline Langford | 30th July 2009 | £10.00 | WELL DONE MATT FISHER!! What a great achievement! |
| Kevin Cottingham | 30th July 2009 | £10.00 | Well done everyone, a fantastic effort! |
| Graham Carse | 03rd August 2009 | £60.00 | Well done Chris. You must all be very proud. |
| Andrew Dawson | 04th August 2009 | £10.00 | Well done Alec and the team - a fantastic achievement. Kilimanjaro next year ??!! |
| Paul Taylor | 05th August 2009 | £50.00 | Money donated by my family, Mum & Dad, Helen & Bill, Kevin & Karen and John & Tracey. Thank you. |
| Paul Taylor | 05th August 2009 | £150.00 | This is from me to the rest of the team. Great effort guys and see you on the next challenge. |
| daniel o'donnell | 05th August 2009 | £10.00 | Proper men would have jogged between each location |
| Susan Cuddihey | 06th August 2009 | £20.00 | Well Done |
| Mike Welsh | 11th August 2009 | £50.00 | Hope it went well Chris - we were thinking of you all |
| Peter Reynolds | 17th August 2009 | £205.00 | Great Challenge. Thanks to everyone who supported me. |
| Tim Blake | 20th August 2009 | £229.00 | Well Done everyone! I really enjoyed it and had great fun! Here is to next year! Bring it on!!! Tim. |
| Chris Bower | 21st August 2009 | £10.00 | Well Done Simon & Team! |
| Welsh Weasel | 23rd August 2009 | £10.00 | Well done Si...now stop harassing me for the dosh! |
| Clare Addington | 27th August 2009 | £30.00 | Well done everyone - great achievement! |
| DANI PEDROSA | 30th August 2009 | £426.00 | WELL DONE GLITTER BOY. A GREAT EFFORT BY ALL THE TEAM. |
| Anonymous | 02nd September 2009 | £610.00 | ....some say he can climb 3 mountains in one day.....some say he got through 50 bottles of cocoa butter.....All we know, is that he's called The Stig. Well done to him and the team. xx |
| Simon Bottomley | 03rd September 2009 | £20.00 | |
| S Howard | 08th September 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Darren Murfitt | 10th September 2009 | £10.00 | |
| Peter Reynolds | 11th September 2009 | £170.00 | Mark Benton & Matt Fisher Cash |
| Simon Jackson | 11th September 2009 | £130.00 | Here's the rest of mine.........finally!!!!!! |
| Simon Jackson | 22nd September 2009 | £10.00 | Another tenner donated by a resident of Little Eversden |
| Martin Rule | 27th September 2009 | £5.00 | Well done Chris. A great effort by all of you. |
| Paul Blacktop | 06th October 2009 | £310.00 | Well done everyone. Thanks for a entertaining weekend, looking forward to next year. |
| Anonymous | 08th October 2009 | £310.00 | WELL DONE TO ALL THE TEAM. A GREAT EFFORT BY ALL OF YOU. |
| Anonymous | 10th October 2009 | £10.00 | Chris W, New book in the shops for Xmas. How to grow a real moustache xx I will get u one. |
| Peter Reynolds | 09th November 2009 | £1552.00 | |
| CHRIS WELSH | 08th December 2009 | £3000.00 | WELL DONE TO EVERYONE. A GREAT EFFORT BY YOU ALL. |
| Paul Blacktop | 11th December 2009 | £3000.00 | Thanks lads (and Lynn) for a great weekend, let see what challenge we can line up this year. |


