6 Peaks Challenge

Friday, 19 July 2013

Hampton Hikers & Team GBM on top of Ben Nevis

Isle of Man just before start of the 1st peak

Team GBM & Hampton Hikers all finished!!!

Stop press.......GBM delighted to have completed the gruelling 6 Peaks Challenge and raise more than £10,000 for WaterAid. A huge thank you to all our sponsors - colleagues, friends, families, and all who have contributed to this incredible sum.

A big thanks for the team sponsors: TOM Vehicle Rental (www.tomvehiclerental.co.uk), Two-plus-Two, Hercules Site Services, Boultings, DRC Services, GTIS, H&M, Ward & Burke, Anord, Fergal Contracting, Straight Line Services, HVMS, and Alfa-Laval.

Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Our fellow teams

Despite the pain and lack of sleep, we’ve had a great time. A big chunk of that is due to the other teams who we met and bonded with along the way.

If you want to see how they got on, and see other photos of the journey, you can look them up in the following places (the name in brackets is their radio call sign):

Unathletico Madras (Chapati): Unknown

The Village People (YMCA): Twitter @CornwellDavid

The Black & Veatch Lions (Simba): Twitter @thesixpeaks or @iPaulSutherland

Ascenders of the Earth (Jumar): Twitter @djtomlawson

Walking for the Peakend (Robinson): Twitter @pandybear55

Humble Bumblers (Bombas): Twitter @catminor or @steVnut or @jane_jane845

Blog: http://6peakshumblebumblers.wordpress.com/

Aquaholics (Tequila): Unknown

Team GBM (Gallifrey) & Hampton Hikers (Skaro): Twitter @alexanderlouden

Blog: http://wateraid6peaksgbm.blogspot.co.uk/

And for anyone wanting to follow the organisers, they have a twitter feed @WaterAid_6peaks

If anyone knows of any other blogs, twitter feeds or anything else from the weekend that hasn’t been included here, please let me know.

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Our home for the last few days TOM mini buses ..

Monday, 8 July 2013

And the Award for best Individual effort goes to........

I guess you know who by now.......well done Skaro trail blazer!!!

Corran Tuathail

WE'VE FINISHED!

Lots of aches and pains, being gently soothed by beer...

Sunday, 7 July 2013

The final supper!

All arrived safely in Cairnryan for ferry to ireland.

Enough time to hunt down a curry house in Stranraer and have what should be our last evening meal before the Monday night celebrations......we hope!!

Word getting around and there should be another few walkers joining our groups for the last peak.......coran tuathail in souther Ireland.

Keep working hard back at the ranch