Bedford High Girls have scaled the Three Peaks and raised more than £3,500 for Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity.
Five 14-year-olds from Bedford High School are feeling very proud of themselves as last week (29 and 30 June) they successfully completed the Three Peaks Challenge, to raise much needed funds for Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity.
The girls, Hannah Selvey, Robyn Armstrong, Amber Stewart, Harry Lusty and Lydia Watt all successfully completed the challenge, which included sleet and snow at the top of Ben Nevis, a scree scramble climbing up a 150 metre slope on their hands and knees on Scafell Pike and running down the last three miles of Snowdon.
With completion times ranging from 21 hours 7 minutes to 22 hours 31 minutes, the girls and their support team were delighted with their 48 hour epic adventure. As Amber Stewart says, ‘It was a once in a lifetime experience and I am so glad that we did it.’
The group of friends decided to take on the Three Peak Challenge and raise money for Sands following the tragic death of Robyn’s cousin, Summer, who died when her aunt was 7 months pregnant with twins. Robyn’s aunt, Candida Evans, received such support from Sands that Robyn and her friends decided to raise much needed funds for the charity that supports bereaved parents across the country and funds research in to why 17 babies die every day in the UK, (11 of which are stillbirths and 6 are babies that die shortly after birth).
Robyn said: ‘When we got to Snowdon we knew it was our last mountain and we were determined to give it our all.
‘We would all like to say a massive thank you to everybody who helped us raise money for Sands and for all the great support everyone gave us before, during and after the challenge. Currently we’ve raised £3,500 but sponsorship is still coming in and we’re hoping the final figure will stand at over £4,000.’
