Day 2 was when the challenge started getting challenging! Up again at 4:30am and out ready to start hiking by 6am. In the drizzle, Jake and Joe took us hiking for stage 1, a 8.3 miles from the Glan-llyd Outdoor Activity Centre to Drws-y-Nant, ascending 772 feet in 3 hours and 11 minutes. After bacon… Read More
When we thought the challenge could not get any harder, along came day 3. The toughest day of the 4-day challenge. The team set off from Ponterwyd on bikes at 6:30am with Will and Dean, passing Devil’s Bridge and cycling up a pretty tough climb and then down into Cwmystwyth. We covered 7.6 miles in… Read More
On day 4, the team set off with Jake and Joe from Brecon at 6am and spirits were high. We hiked into the Bannau Brycheiniog mountains following the path up and between Cribyn and Fan-y-Big and finishing in the Upper Neuadd reservoir car park. The 8 mile hike took 3 hours 17 minutes with a… Read More
At the Betws-y-Coed Memorial Hall, teams gathered to register for the 2025 Welsh 3 Peaks for Tŷ Hafan sponsord by Thomas Carroll. As the teams registered with event organisers JT Expeditions, there was a lot of nervous excitement and quite a few familiar faces! To download any of the photographs, simply click on a photo,… Read More
In the early hours of Saturday 7th June, the teams taking on the Tŷ Hafan Welsh 3 Peaks arrived in Llanberis to start the three mountain challenge. With the first team setting off at 4am, the skies were dark and, as we pulled into the car park, the rain started falling. It was going to… Read More
Cadair Idris, my personal favourite mountain of the Welsh 3 Peaks. But also the most challenging, especially after climbing Yr Wyddfa. This would be the mountain that pushed the teams on the Tŷ Hafan Welsh 3 Peaks to the limit! To download any of the photographs, simply click on a photo, then right click and… Read More
Even though Pen-y-Fan is the lowest and final mountain of the Tŷ Hafan Welsh 3 Peaks, it still requires climbing. And after climbing Yr Wyddfa and Cadair Idris, there were many tired legs setting off across the bridge and up to the summit. To download any of the photographs, simply click on a photo, then… Read More
On June 29th 2022, the 10nTaff team assembled at Tŷ Hafan ready for the drive up to Betws-y-Coed. Lloyd Davies, from key sponsor Convey Law and supplied by PSM Sportswear, unveiled the fantastic kit for the challenge and both staff and families congregated outside the hospice to cheer the team as they left for North… Read More
The first day of the 10nTaff for Tŷ Hafan was always going to be the toughest. We were climbing the five highest mountains in the whole of Wales in one day. With our guide Jim Rigby, we set off to climb the first two mountains at 07:20am and finally got back to the minibuses after… Read More
Overnight, after completing stage 1 and climbing the five highest mountains in North Wales, we drove down to South Wales and the first mountain of day 2 Fan Brydeiniog. The only sleep we got was in the minibus, which was limited. During the drive down we had received the news that our guide, Jim Rigby,… Read More