‘Let’s do the 3 Peaks Challenge on 21st June’, we thought…longest day and all that… ‘we’re bound to get nice weather…’ we thought, when we planned our fundraising effort for Christian Aid back in February. In the event, weather conditions were more like those you associate with the middle of winter, but we’re pleased to say that we got our team of 8 up and down Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon within our target time of 24 hours, raising cash for Christian Aid in the process (you can still sponsor us here!) We got buffetted by wind, we got rained on, hailed on and didn’t sleep a wink, but it was worth it. Special mention for Alf in particular, who got round despite excruciating pain from his knees…seeing him get down Snowdon was like watching Touching the Void all over again.

Ben Nevis summit, 8pm Saturday

Scafell Pike summit, 7am Sunday

Snowdon summit, 3pm Sunday

Now, looking back at these pictures has made me realise that a cynic could say they were all taken on top of the same mountain (and I’m thinking we might have missed a trick there…) but we can assure you we’ve got the blisters and aching limbs to show for our ascents of all three!

Sponsor us and we’ll tell you the story about the dancing dwarf…

It’s not often you see your own handy work whilst watching breakfast TV and munching your way through a bowl of out of date Coco Pops. On Monday, Christian Aid launched Ctrl.Alt.Shift - their new brand aimed at young people, created by LOVE.  The brand aims to create and support a global community of impassioned young people who want to push for essential change on global issues.  One of the brand supporters is Sam Roddick who gave a great interview on BBC Breakfast News yesterday.

Show some support, get involved and join in at www.ctrlaltshift.co.uk

The time has come for LOVE’s almighty walking challenge (3 peaks). So with Dave’s designer flag we shall head North on Friday evening to tackle the beast.

However. We are still desperately short on meeting our 2k target that will be donated to Christian Aid to help some of the poorest people on the planet. Now we all know that it’s nice to have an extra hot-cross bun in the morning but if there are bits of change you spare then you can donate it via

this website

Wish us luck!

Hands up if these worry you.

When we do Love trips abroad we come back with loads of stories.
We thought the same would be true for STA’s global travellers.

The less said about this the better.