05/07/2026
24HRS Walking up and Down Pen y Fan… COMPLETED 🏔️🫶🚁✅
Started off positively - thank you Rhys Fitzgerald for supporting on the first climb & sharing your mountaineering expertise 🏔️
This journey has brought all sorts of weathers, conditions and challenges (including the lack electricity ⚡️🤦♀️) - but Pete Byrd endured the WHOLE thing with me 🫶
There’s something about the spending 24 hours with another human on a hill 🏔️ with midges 🪰, cold wet rain 🌧️, gale force winds 💨, sore feet 🦶, blisters, sleep deprivation 💤, fatigue and the waves of happiness and grumpiness that come and go -
Thank you so much, and well done for dealing with me for that long 🤣🤣🤣🫶
My Wonderful Mum and Sweet Little Jasper Dog 🐶 arrived with sandwiches 🥪 (the best!) towards the end of our venture, giving a huge boost ❤️
Nicola Meakins
You are both rays of sunshine and made such a difference to the last few climbs ❤️🫶 - I feel so lucky to have you both ###
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During our 24 hour hike, the Wales Air Ambulance were called to an emergency nearby - 🚁🏔️
A Trail event and Bergen run were being held, where an injury that could only be dealt with by helicopter occurred;
This gave us a morale boost and a real life reminder of why exactly we were still walking up and down the peak ❤️🚁🏔️ - hope everyone is okay!
Huge Appreciation To…
⭐️ Everyone who has donated to the Wales Air Ambulance Charity charity via my page; it gave me a boost every time another donation came in 🫶
We are now at £1,130 of the £3,000 target - thank you, you’re all superstars 😊
⭐️ Thank you to and my neighbour Michael for the walking poles and check-ins - they seriously helped by the end 🤣🥾🙏
⭐️ Tessa for the homemade energy balls ❤️😋🍴
⭐️ All of the messages throughout the event, each of them gave me a special boost and drive to keep going 📨❤️
Although knackered 🤣… I feel so appreciative of the whole experience and support from everyone.
Please do stay tuned for my final couple of fundraisers ahead of Ironman Wales on 13th September 🏊🚴♀️🏃♀️
Lots of love,
Lara 😊
