A Challenge Walk -
Designed To Test Endurance And Map Reading Skills

Saturday
26th June 2021

Please note that, for 2021 only, the date of the event has been moved from March to June. This is due to the ongoing pandemic and the event will return to March in 2022.


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Three Peaks Trial 26th June 2021 - Thank You!

A HUGE !!!THANK YOU!!!! from all at CARDIFF OUTDOOR GROUP to:

  • LONGTOWN MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM - for marshalling all the mountain top checkpoints.

  • All the 128 Walkers who took part in this year's Three Peaks Trial.

  • FABIAN4/RACETEK who provided Registration support and on-the-day etag system.

  • COUNCILLOR NICK TATUM of Abergavenny Town Council who helped in a number of roles throughout the day.

  • The charities and fundraisers who supported the event:


Covid:
The event organisers, Cardiff Outdoor Group, would like to thank all participants for adhering to the additional requirements put in place to ensure the event was as Covid-safe as possible.

Event Top Achievements:
Probably the achievement of the event goes to the Wilton Family. In addition to the Gold challenge Jon Wilton (47) and daughters Lowri (10) and Rosie (9) were the first to also finish the 3PT Great Challenge of climbing three UK peaks - Cader Idris (Wales); Helvellyn (England) and Ben Lomond (Scotland) and complete the Three Peaks Trial Iron Route.



The first walkers back on each route were:

Gold Route
A couple, Hallam and Alexis Giradet (both 54) from Abergavenny completed in a time of 5 hours 41 minutes.

Silver Route
Gabrielle Yates, 43, from Cwmbran returned in a time of 4 hours 50 minutes.

Bronze Route
Johanne Morgan-Rolfe, 25, from Hereford completed in a time of 5 hours 15 minutes.

Photos

If you have any photos to share please either put them on our Facebook page or email to threepeakstrial@gmail.com. Also many thanks to those who have already sent in photos and we'll upload them in the next few days.


Walkers Photos

The following walkers have kindly sent in the photos below:

Thomas Jones





Craig Radford
“Thanks for organising another great event again.”





Howard Davies “My thanks to all the volunteers who did such a brilliant job of organising Saturday and keeping us going through the day. My first official Three Peaks and so was special. My many thanks to the great Three Peaks team. ”





Dai Prosser “Had a great day see you next year! ”

Walkers Comments:

Barbara Avery
Just to say a big thank you to all you great volunteers on the event yesterday. A thoroughly enjoyable day, all made possible by you. I shall return to do the Gold route next time!

 Mark Ketteringham
Just to say a really big thank you to you and your team, for organising another very enjoyable Three Peaks Trial, which my son, Stephen and I took part in yesterday. Slightly achy today, due to not putting in enough preparation, but we had a great time, and hope that we'll be able to join you again next year.

Kate & Huw Williams
We just wanted to thank you all for all your hard work in organising the Three Peaks. This was our fourth time but friends joined us for their first time and we all had a brilliant day. The event was so well organised and the COVID safety measures in place were excellent. All team members and volunteerS were happy, helpful and encouraging. Huge thanks to all. See you in 2022!

Howard Davies
My thanks to all the volunteers who did such a brilliant job of organising Saturday and keeping us going through the day. My first official Three Peaks and so was special. My many thanks to the great Three Peaks team.

Terry Williams
Really enjoyed the day and would just like to say thank you very much for organising etc. Appreciate all you do [hopefully tea and cake next year:)….]



COVID

All entrants WEre advised that if they test positive within 10 days of the event then they must let the organisers know.

COVID RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE - FACE MASKS

You must wear a face mask when inside the registration / finish buildings. This is part of your mandatory kit list. You also need to wear it if in close contact with any marshal (e.g. if you require first aid assistance). A buff is sufficient.

THE CROWN PUB

For walkers on Gold Route only, the Crown has requested walkers on the Three Peaks Trial do not use their facilities because of the Covid restrictions. However the checkpoint will have water available.

GOLD and SILVER DIVERSION

Glangrwyney Road and Bridge are closed due to an embankment collapse along the road and scour at the bridge caused by Storm Dennis in February 2020. A diversion was put in place: Diversion Map - The diversion is shown on: http://threepeakstrial.co.uk/Glangrwyney-Road-Diversion/glangrwyney-RD-diversion-map-2020.png As a consequence of the closure the Glangrwyney Road checkpoint was moved to grid ref. 264136 in Govilon and there was an additional checkpoint near Llanwenarth Church, grid ref. 270153. Water was available at this checkpoint.

WALKERS TAKING PART IN THE 2022 GOLD AND SILVER ROUTES
HAD TO FOLLOW A MAJOR DIVERSION DUE TO ON-GOING BRIDGE CLOSURE

FOR DIVERSION DETAILS SEE LINKS BELOW

Road/Bridge Closure Information: A long stretch of Glangrwyney Road has partially collapsed caused by the flooding which occurred during Storm Dennis in 2020. This road is the approach road to the only river bridge for miles and is now closed. Walkers on the Gold and Silver routes must use the diversion, Click Here For Details and Click Here For Diversion Route