FOUR friends from South Ceredigion have completed the Ty Hafan’s Welsh3Peaks challenge, smashing their fundraising target of £1,000 in the process.

On Saturday, 17 June, in the baking heatwave, Kate Morgan, Nicola Morgan, Kate Williams and Lizzie Dykes from the Llangrannog and New Quay areas climbed three of the highest mountains in Wales in one day; Snowdon, Cader Idris and Pen-y-Fan, a backbreaking 20.35 miles with an ascent of 9,397ft (2,864m).

The team had set themselves a target of £1,000 but have since exceeded that target and they are now close to raising £3,000 for Ty Hafan, one of the UK’s leading paediatric palliative care charities which offers care to children and support for their families, throughout Wales.

Beginning in the dark at 4am at the bottom of Snowdon with the other 70 teams taking part, they tentatively set out on what would be a very long, hot and gruelling day. Despite the testing conditions, the team finished in a laudable time of 17 hours.

Kate thanks everyone for their support, saying: “We would like to say a big thank you to everyone one who has donated towards this worthy cause and supported us.

“It definitely spurred us up and down the mountains and made us think of families less fortunate than us.

“So far we have smashed our original target of £1,000 and money is still coming in, for which we are very grateful.

“We would love to now reach £3,000 which would allow Ty Hafan to do even more amazing work for families less fortunate than us.”

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