In the early hours of Saturday 8th June, the teams taking on the Tŷ Hafan Welsh 3 Peaks arrived at the Pen-y-Pass car park to start the three mountain challenge. With the first team setting off at 4am, the skies were dark, the wind was bitterly cold, and the rain was on its way. But… Read More
At 3:30am I looked out of my bunk house room and saw pouring rain. It was the first time it has rained like this in weeks. My heart sank. At 5:20am, the excited Cancer Research Wales walkers stood in a damp Pen-y-Pass car park. Thankfully, the rain had eased. Under the watchful eye of the… Read More
At 4am in the morning, just as the sun starts to rise, the intrepid teams set out on the Welsh 3 Peaks for Tŷ Hafan. The first challenge is to climb Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), the highest peak in Wales. The ascent to the top is 639m, where the walkers gaze for miles across the Eryri… Read More