Nicky Duffy and 25 friends take on three peaks for charity

Nicky Duffy with staff from Full Contact Performance Centre during their three peaks trek

Nicky Duffy, from Castleton, and 25 friends took on a 25 mile trek across the Yorkshire three peaks and raised over £600 for Springhill Hospice.

Staff from her gym, Full Contact Performance Centre, joined in, including Marine Fit Coach Andy Tyson and his fitness teams, who all congratulated Nicky for organising such a successful event.

Andy said: “A huge amount of credit must go to Nicky for her efforts in organising this great challenge for the Marine Fit troops and raising over £600 for Springhill hospice, and being the absolute star of the show all weekend.”

Nicky said: “It has to be said that I wasn’t expecting such a response, 25 people is pretty impressive. When the guys got together from the gym I was really happy.

“I can’t take all the credit for organising it, everyone clubbed together and made this a success, we raised so much and it went really well, so thanks so much to everyone who took part and to everyone who donated so generously.”

Andy Tyson, despite having sore feet at the end, encourages as many people as possible to try the challenge. He continued: “The weekend was a challenge for all of us. What lay ahead of us were the mountains of Whernside, Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent - collectively known as the Three Peaks, which form part of the Pennine range.

“We set off at quite a pace, hiking up the first mountain, Pen-y-ghent, in 45 minutes. Parts of this peak required rock climbing techniques.

"Needless to say, a real sense of achievement was felt, but as we had completed it so quickly I felt it gave us false hope that the rest of the day was going to be as straight forward.

“Moving on to Whernside and the bizarre contrast of blistering sunshine at the bottom, and then snow and 80mph freezing winds at the top. This ascent took its toll on the majority. The pace slowed a little, but everyone dug in and showed real grit and determination to get to the top. As odd as it seems, the downward phase of all the mountains actually inflicted the most ‘damage’ and though each climb was incredibly tough, no one really wanted to go back down.

“On we went, Ingleborough in our sights, and the huge task of climbing our third and final mountain. The sun was hot, we had around three miles of undulating ground to cover until we began our rise to the finish. Sore feet and aching muscles aside, everyone was in good spirits and as strong-minded as ever to get the job done.”

Nicky’s page is still open for donations:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Nicky-Duffy1