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Eleanor Dunstan

DPD 2026 - Hubs

Help me reach my goal of £500

My Activity Tracking

134
mi

My target 250 mi

I'm fundraising for...

Make-A-Wish® UK, a charity fulfilling wishes for thousands of critically ill children across the UK. 


I’ll be part of Hub5 team tackling one of the UK’s toughest endurance challenges: the National Three Peaks Challenge.


Our mission?

 To climb the highest mountains in Scotland, England, and Wales within 24 hours and raise as much money as possible for Make-A-Wish UK.


This event is self funded - so 100% of your donations will go to Make-A-Wish

However to make your donation go even further, for every £1 donated, DPD will match it, doubling the impact of every contribution.


So what does this challenge entail?


The National Three Peaks Challenge involves conquering:

🏔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Ben Nevis – 1,345m

⛰️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Scafell Pike – 978m

🏔️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) – 1,085m


This means that within 24 hours we will cover approximately 

23 miles of hiking 🥾 

3,408 metres of ascent 🏔️

Over 450 miles  of driving between peaks 🚌


Three Peaks, 24 Hours, One Incredible Cause

Please Help Me
Reach My Goal

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£650 + £31.25 GiftAid

My Goal

£500

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My Updates

Snowdon

Sunday 6th Sep

National 3 Peaks Challenge completed in 22 hours and 30 minutes

Sunday 6th Sep
I am blown away be everyone’s generosity and support in sponsoring me to do the challenge, thank you all so much, the money raised will truly make a difference as it stands with DPD matching the money you have contributed, I have raised £1260!

Successful Scarfell Pike Summit

Sunday 6th Sep
We’re currently back on the road, racing towards the final mountain Snowdon. My first time climbing Scafell Pike and my first full night climb was rather unique, summit conditions were very windy with rolling fog, but completion in a few seconds under 3 hours was a huge moral booster for the team, having run the last 100m or so

Ben Nevis Summit 16:49

Saturday 5th Sep
Successful summit of Ben Nevis, swift return and back on the road to Scafell Pike

Setting off on Ben Nevis 14:30

Saturday 5th Sep
Full credit to Andy, one of our designated drivers for not only donating his time to drive us throughout the challenge but also capturing images of the team departing to start Ben Nevis

Last walk

Thursday 3rd Sep
My Final preparations are underway, I leave for Birmingham in the morning once I’ve returned from work. Kit is separated into the three mountains, including multiple torches, energy gels battery packs and several full changes of clothing. Snacks are almost sorted, and the excitement is building 

Final kit preparation

Thursday 3rd Sep

Rest and Recovery

Thursday 9th Jul
Finding out the hard way this week that rest and recovery are just as important as pushing the training.🥵 I returned from Scotland and straight back to work on Monday which to me meant straight back into training, the heat and intensity of the humidity this week has just left my legs and feet feeling like lead, even with the ice bath 🧊 when I finish, sometimes your body just say nah not today thanks. 😒 Quick trip to the Chiropractor has left me feeling much better. I did get in 10k on Tuesday, a good two days to recover and will go again tomorrow. 💪 Aiming for 5K as I’d like a longer session at the weekend but we shall see.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏔️Ben Nevis

Wednesday 1st Jul
My Ben Nevis training run was a big success for me, the personal goal was to complete in 5 hours or under, generally the considered time for Ben Nevis in the challenge. I started very comfortably, although the weather was awful before I knew it I was more than 2km in. I had forgotten that the initial to middle section was rock steps, which rather made me think about adjusting my training slightly. I only stopped twice, one to put a blister plaster on and once at the starr of the snow ❄️and ice covered section to contemplate safety as I was by myself and had stated as 05:00 🤔 Decided I had come this far so was went for it, hit the summit in just under 2 1/2 hours and returned to base to complete the training running 4 hrs 11 minutes. 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿I have arrived!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Sunday 28th Jun
I arrived in Scotland this afternoon, nice easy walk to Steall Falls to stretch the legs back out, checked the weather, not looking great but going to go for Ben Nevis tomorrow. 🏔️
Rucksack packed with the essentials and safety necessities. 
Let’s hope the weather is a little kinder than forecast.

How am I going to train living in Cornwall???

Tuesday 23rd Jun
Well, living in Cornwall we’re surrounded by hills, but I want to be able to replicate the terrain and physical demands as much as possible. So I found the average gradient of each mountain and will aim to train within that range for most of the time. 
I will be travelling to Scotland next week to venture up Ben Nevis, which I haven’t done for a couple of years and want to see exactly where my current capabilities are to further tailor my training.

Thank you

£100

Alexander Dunstan

You'll smash it. Couldn't be more proud X

£50

Antony Page

£50

Dianne Dunstan

Good luck. I know it will go well

£30

Tony Barnard

£30

Dringy International

£25

Adrain Brannely

£25

Emma Goodwin

Good Luck Eleanor! You’ve got this! Xx

£20

Martyn Humphrey

£20

Chris Bailey

Good luck Ellie

£20

Knightswood Stud And Equestrian Centre

Good Luck sweetheart x

£20

James Brookes

£20

Tom Longworth

£20

Andrew Bruce

£20

Lucy Lloyd

Good luck Eleanor!!

£20

Mark Samson

£20

David Self

Here you go… xx

£15

Gaby Morley

£10

Andrew Ashton

Fantastic effort

£10

Kathleen Ould

We'd love to wish you the very best of luck with your adventure..

£10

Mark Higgman

£10

Steve Morse

£10

Harvey Dunstan

£10

Charlie Leach

Well done Ellie. X

£10

Karl James

£10

Richard James

£10

Anonymous

£10

Ken Washbrook

£10

Barb

Good luck to you. X

£10

Mark Bishop

Good luck Miss D. NWMA 🥋

£5

Andrew Tooley

Good luck

£5

Danielle Cleaver

£5

Anonymous

£5

Jason Collings

Good for you

£5

David Harrison

Good luck girl

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