I promised last month that I would provide an update on our challenge to scale the Welsh Three Peaks to raise money for charity – well, we did it, writes Paul Ellis.

We conquered Pen y Fan, Cadair Idris and Snowdon – a total ascent of 2,334 metres and a distance of 27.4km in less than 24 hours – to raise more than £1,300 for two charities.

It was a real team effort and everyone did amazingly well. We all looked after each other in some pretty hot weather and reached all three summits as a team.

The toughest part was coming down from Snowdon as it was getting quite late in the day, but the mountain leaders were brilliant, doing everything they could to ensure everyone’s safe return.

It was a great day, and we hope people will continue to recognise the effort everyone made by supporting our charities, ELY Memorial Fund in Herefordshire and Crest in North Wales.

We have offices across Shropshire, Herefordshire and North Wales, so we like to support charities in different areas.

Crest is based in North Wales and was set up to establish a community co-operative, helping disabled and unemployed people increase their skills and gain employment – either within the co-operative or to move on to sustainable employment within the community.

ELY Memorial Fund was set up in memory of Emma Louise Young who tragically lost her life in a road traffic collision, with the aim of helping to relieve the hardship for families within Herefordshire who have lost a son or daughter aged between 17 and 25 in this way.

Two fundraising pages are still active for anyone wishing to donate at https://bit.ly/ELYCharity and https://bit.ly/CrestCharity.