Porterbrook Teams Up to Conquer Three Peaks

The two teams from Porterbrook conquered the three peaks challenge in just over 13 hours for the Railway Children charity.

The teams comprised of
Team one: Neil Foster, Peter Coates, Rachel Drew, Stephen Ball and
Stefan Rose and Team two: Jonathan Bell, Nick Taylor, Christian Peckham
and Mark Hallam. Team two had the combined age of over 200 years and yet
managed to pull out all the stops for the Railway Children.

Porterbrook was the
lead sponsor for the only rail linked Three Peaks challenge and will
continue to support the event next year. As well as sponsorship, over
£6,000 was raised by the teams for the charity through the climbs.

The Three Peaks
challenge is to climb the three highest peaks of Scotland, England and
Wales. The total walking distance is 23 miles and the total ascent is
3,064 metres.

Railway Children help
kids around the world who have found themselves living on the streets at
a young age through poverty, abuse, violence and neglect. The charity
vows to help children before they become entrenched in street life.

Mary Grant, CEO of
Porterbrook, said: “Porterbrook was delighted to be sponsoring this
year’s Railway Children Three Peaks challenge and is proud of what the
teams have achieved. The money raised is going to help children both at
home and abroad, who have found themselves at a disadvantage. The Three
Peaks event is a gruelling challenge covering miles of climbing over
days and we are very impressed with how well all the teams have done,
especially our very own mountaineers. This event is a wonderful
demonstration of the teamwork and collaboration that happens every day
in the rail industry, this time in the name of charity.”