I have been hillwalking for many years, climbing all the Munros, Corbetts , some Wainwrights and now climbing the Grahams. I wanted to undertake something memorable for my 65th Birthday, which was 3rd June, and thought this would be the perfect challenge. I started on Snowdon, then on to Scafell Pike and finished on Ben Nevis which was the nearest of the three mountains to my home town of Nairn. My wife, Ruth, came along as my driver.
19 hours and 45 minutes
The National Three Peaks Challenge takes in the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales, often in 24 hours.