CCY WITH TABLE *

A big thank you to the Bennett family especially Rachel for all the work and effort she put in to making the tom bola on Saturday at Laylands Farm a great success. Rachel, Jordan and Connor raised an amazing £64.00 for the ccy/ccj funds. It was so nice to see most of the "posse" together and using there ccy meeting tent.

We will hopefully be arranging a weekend in September for a mock test, weekend dates and venue to follow, but we must have ccy members names and ages and card membership numbers given to myself or Mandy. All ccy members attending the weekend must be fully equipped to look after themselves. Please refer to the leaflets Mandy gave out at Ruthin.

DA member Jimmy and CCY member Connor will be walking 'The Welsh 3000s Challenge' to raise much needed funds for our CCY in June. Further details on the date of this amazing walk to follow shortly. If you would like to sponsor them, or even join them, please don't hesitate to contact any Committee Member, or ask for a sponsorship form at any of our rallies, or email us on our usual DA address lswlda@aol.com

Unfortunately the walk had to be cancelled due to severe weather warnings, but Jimmy and Chris and friends aim to complete it as soon as possible.

The Welsh 3000s Challenge (Taken from info handed to me by Jimmy)

In order to complete this challenge you are required to have been at the top of all 15 of the mountains over 3000ft in Wales within the space of 24 hours, without using any form of transport.

The length is about 25 miles, but the walks to the start point and down from the finish point can take over 30 miles in total!!!

The walk is also known as 'The 14 Peaks' (although there are officially 15, or possibly 16 ........)

However, it's not easy - it's a big step up from something like 'The Three Peaks Challenge'.

It's very rocky, and both uphill and downhill sections are demanding. Navigation can also be problematic without previous knowledge of this area of Snowdonia. For many, the walk involved camping/bivvying at the top of Snowdon the night before, adding to the weight of the kit for the initial section. Additionally, one mountain, Crib Goch, is very exposed - several people have died on it!!!!!

You need to be fit to walk this in 24 hours. However, 12 hours (first peak to final peak) is your target time if you consider yourself to be an exceptionally fit walker. If you're a fell runner, all you need to know is that the record stands at an unbelievable 4 hours 20 minutes.

This isn't something that everyone can handle, but if you're an experienced mountain walker with good equipment and navigation skills, the Welsh 3000s could be exactly the challenge you're looking for.

The Challenge is to climb all the mountains listed below in less than 24 hours, although the quicker the better ...........

Crib Goch 923 (3028
Garnedd Ugain 1065 (3494)
Snowdon 1085 (3559)
Elidir Fawr 924 (3031)
Y Garn 947 (3106)
Glyder Fawr 999 (3277)
Glyder Fach 994 (3261)
Tryfan 915 (3002)
Pen yr Wen 978 (3208)
Carnedd Dafydd 1044 (3425)
Yr Elen 962 (3156)
Carnedd Llewellyn 1064 (3490)
Foel Grach 976 (3020)
Garnedd Uchaf 926 (3038)
Foel-fras 942 (3090)