More Photos

Here are some more photos from the weekend:

Starting off (no Tom isn't standing on a box!):


Off up Ben Nevis:


Paul "Patch" Broadhurst still looking as if he is enjoying it:


Rob & Tony having a paddle


Micky braves the expanse of the Ben Nevis glacier!


Chris J looms through the fog:


Chris S. & Tony ignoring my promptings to go back a bit further (it would have made a much better picture!)


Off up Scafell:


Micky & Paul enjoy the view!


Spot of sight seeing at the top:


Finally the clouds clear a bit:


On the way up Snowdon:


Chris and me hold on at the top (What a girl for wearing a hat and coat. Anyone would think it was cold!):



Some old man out for a walk on his crutches:


What we should have used to get up:

Everyone home safe and sound

Everyone got home safe and sound. I'll post some more pictures from the weekend as soon as I can.

Thanks to Rob again for organising everything, Dave for driving and everyone else for great company.

What about the Yorkshire three peaks same time next year?

The Morning After

thought for the day

Broady - great time,sore legs to prove it.now i need beer to dull the pain!
Micky - if i am as fit as you boys at 40, i'll be a happy man! Great sucess!
Cj.i m 51 and.could not keep up with the upstarts
Rob -great bunch of lads ,good weekend shame about the dear .
chris s-what a great bunch of lads enjoyed it all even the blistérs hope more tèst in the future
Tony- thanks Rob+ Dick but never again,great lads great weekend.glad never missed it,still cant feel my knees !
Tom- Had a great time but my legs kill, thanks guys had loads of fun
Dave the deerhunter- bring on the deer and he says" can i give you one."
Dick - i'm feed up with typing text on this mobile. Enjoyed it but must learn to say no to Rob.

finished

Everyone back down safe and no major injuries apart from the deer.

Top of Snowdon

Made it to the top in 24hrs but won't get down in time.
Next stop the pub.

At Snowdon

2:15 at base. Best weather we've had all weekend. Only two and a half hours left. No chance.

lunch

At motorway service M6
Not make it in 24hrs now but we will still finish it.

Scafell

Made it up by 7:05. All down by 8:50
Wet cold and tired.

under way

And then there were 7

Chris J. Skips Scafell. The rest are still going.
Behind schedule now - start time of 5:15.

Oh Deer!

More hick ups on the road. A suicidal deer tried to take on our mini bus and nearly won. Dave's heroic driving saved the day but not the deer.
So much for picking up time on the drive. Soldiering on.

Ben Nevis Done

All down safe at 10:00.
Bit behind schedule.
Chris J. got some cramp.
On to Scafell hope to pick up some time on the drive.

one down

Started 4:45 at top 7:45
On time

Ready to go

5pm bottom of ben nevis

lads clear the way

Fallen tree trouble on the A84 towards Killin.

Breakfast

Junction 35 on the M6

ready to go

All ready and underway at 7:30

WebCams

I found the following WebCams of the peaks so you can see how horrid the weather is:

Ben Nevis - http://www.visit-fortwilliam.co.uk/webcam/
Scafell - http://www.214fells.com/webcam.html
Snowdon - http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/webcams/pages/snowdon.shtml

Ben Nevis is the only one that looks reasonable at the moment.

Ready to go?

Well I'm all packed I think. I hope this mini bus is big because if everyone else has got as much stuff as me then we are going to need a lot of room.

Weather forecast still doesn't look great for Friday going up Ben Nevis but Saturday looks OK. Dry at least. You can't tell from the forecast how low the cloud is though.

Looking forward to starting the walking. Not looking forward to getting up early or all the driving.

Weather links for the 3 peaks

Here are the BBC weather links for the 3 areas:

Ben Nevis - http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3086
Scafell - http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1388
Snowdon - http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=2540

Doesn't look that good, wet and windy, normal for the British summer I suppose.

Schedule for the 3 Peaks

This is our schedule for the 3 peaks challenge:

Friday 27th June
07:00 - Meet at Rob's in Great Wyrley to load up the minibus and get going.
Hopefully be on the road by 7:30.
Stop for Brunch at some motorway services on the M6
Journey to Fort William should take about 8 hrs with a brief stop and have time to eat a proper meal there before starting.
17:00 - Start the climb up Ben Nevis
20:00 - At top
22:00 - Back at bottom
Up and Down in 5 hrs, no problem! Then straight in the minibus and drive down to the Lakes.
It should take us about 6 hrs to drive to Wasdale in the Lake District.

Saturday 28th June
04:00 - Start climb up Scafell
06:30 - At top
08:00 - Back at bottom
Back into the minibus with a quick stop a a suitable shop to get supplies while driving out of the Lakes.
We can hopefully get to Snowdon in 5 hrs including the stop
13:00 - Start climb up Snowdon
15:30 - At top
17:00 - Back at bottom

That's the theory anyway. Then it will be a well deserved shower and straight to a pub in Llanberis for an even more deserved pint or 2.

Sunday 29th June
Get up late, drive back home, sleep for a week.

3 Peaks Team

So this is a list of all the idiots who have decided it is a good idea to spend 24nrs, on a wet British weekend, driving over a 1000 miles to climb 3 mountains just so they can say that they did it!

Rob Caddick - His stupid idea to do this just because he is having a mid life crisis
Dick Abbotts (Me) - I always just follow Rob like some sorry lost sheep.
Tony Caddick - Rob's brother - He's supposed to be the sensible one!
Paul Broadhurst - School mate having the same mid-life crisis as me and Rob.
Tom Hodson - Rob's Nephew. Young enough that he ought to have something better to do with his time. Hasn't he found girls yet?
Chris Jackson - My mate from Nottingham. Old enough to know better.
Mick Bride - Chris's nephew. Fit enough to carry all the fallers.
Chris Stanaway - Almost escaped by saying he had go away to celebrate his wife's 40th but his wife decided she would have a better time without him.
Dave Caddick - Rob's Dad and designated driver. Not doing the walking so at least he'll stay dry.

Hello

The main reason I am starting this blog is that this weekend some friends and I are going to attempt to do the 3 peaks challenge and I thought posting progress to a blog might be interesting to friends and family.

For anyone that doesn't know the 3 peaks challenge is climbing the highest peak in England (Scafell), Scotland (Ben Nevis) and Wales (Snowdon) but I will post more about that later.

I hope that I will be able to post updates and pictures using my mobile phone while we are out on the walk.

Anyway that will do for now lets see if posting this works.