Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge is back for its second year!

The Iain Rennie Hospice at Home (IRHH) is delighted to report that their first EVER Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge went with a bang raising an astounding £86K.

There was a tremendous atmosphere at the biggest IRHH event yet, with 1,000 people taking part. The day started with all 1,000 entrants catching the Arriva buses from the car park up to Princes Risborough School. To add to the fun walkers were sent on their way by none other than BBC Breakfast presenter and Strictly Come Dancing star, Bill Turnbull who did an amazing job getting everyone geed up and in the mood for the challenge ahead!

There was time for walkers to stop in Wendover and have a well deserved break, as well as being served a burger by former BBC Weather man Bill Giles before taking on their biggest challenge, Ivinghoe Beacon.

Ruth Barber, Senior Community Fundraiser for IRHH said: "The 1st ever Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge is the biggest event we have done to date and we're truly amazed and very proud at the amount of walkers that signed up to take part and support IRHH. It was an incredible sight to see all 1,000 walkers lined up at the start, plus all those who kindly turned up to offer their support as marshals, volunteers and to IRHH staff who all gave up their Sunday to make the event run smoothly. We are thrilled that last years event raised a staggering £86K and we are hoping to smash this record in 2010!"

Special thanks must go to Arriva Buses who kindly donated 4 double-deckers and drivers for the whole day to shuttle walkers between points. Community Fundraiser Kerri Coote who spent her day working with the bus drivers said, "the Chilterns 3 Peaks Challenge would not have been possible without the support of Arriva and their fantastic bus drivers who gave up their whole Sunday to volunteer for IRHH free of charge. Their fun and charisma really added to the event's atmosphere and we couldn't have asked for a better team."