Staff at Newport-based motor factor business, Fast Parts Wales, have taken part in the Welsh Three Peaks Challenge, raising nearly £2,000 for T? Hafan, the family hospice for young lives.

The Fast Parts team, comprising Steve Jones, Alice Jones, David Irwin, Andrew Berty, Adam Haines, Marcus Williams and Lee Whitcombe, followed up last year’s sky diving fundraiser by taking part in the challenge, travelling to each destination in a Volkswagen T5, donated for the day by Merthyr Self Storage.

The Welsh Three Peaks Challenge takes in the three peaks of Wales: Snowdon in the north, Cadair Idris in mid-Wales, and Pen y Fan in the south.

The aim of the challenge is to reach the summit of the three mountains all within 15 hours starting at 4am on Saturday morning. This is a total of more than 20 miles and an ascent of 9397ft.

Starting at Snowdonia at 4.30am, the team was denied the summit by some 80 metres due to the very poor weather and visibility. The walk down Snowdonia followed the train track, which the team could hear but not see due to the mist.

The Cadair Idris climb and descent took a further six hours and the mountain really took its toll on the group.

The team arrived at the final leg of the journey – Pen Y Fan – just in time to start the last climb before the cut off time of 7:30pm and took only two hours 15 minutes to get up and back to base.

All three mountains were climbed in a total of 11 hours between 4.30am and 9.15pm.

Nathan Travis, Fast Parts general manager, said: “The team did brilliantly to overcome all that the Welsh weather and terrain could throw at them. They had only three hours sleep out of the 40 and walked a total of 21 miles. They have done themselves, Fast Parts and Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice extremely proud.”

T? Hafan is one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities and offers the only children’s hospice service in South Wales. It offers comfort, care and support to life-limited children, young people and their families so they can make the most of the time they have left together.