Over the last couple of months we have been keeping you updated with the guys from Dale Studios, Dale, Ben, Andy, Owen and Oscar who were taking part in the Three Peaks Challenge to help raise funds for Macmillon Cancer Support.

After all of their hard training the day finally arrived as they took to the hills on Saturday 30th August. Dale sent us through the events of the day.

"After much anticipation team DS left Leicester at 6am and travelled to Ben Nevis. We had a good feed on route of bacon cobs, pasta, flapjacks and bananas.

We started Ben Nevis at 3.40pm-keeping a good pace all the way up, hitting the summit in 2½hrs. We ran/jogged most of the way down and got back to base in 1½ hours. Everything was going to plan.

We were all tired but still confident. It was a very hard climb and we were all feeling the burn- a few more bacon cobs and bananas before we tried to get our heads down on the way to Scafell.

The longest section of the drive was Scotland to Cumbria. Andy kept a steady pace and we got to the base of Scafell at 2.20am. With our head torches on we headed into the darkness. Visibility was down to 5m, the tracks were very hard to find and unfortunately we ventured off route. After consulting the map we took a bearing and headed back towards the path.

At this point Dale damaged his knee -he tried for 30mins to soldier on but was in a bad way and decided to stop. Dale made the decision that we had to carry on without him - we packed him in a survival bag and headed towards the summit. By this time it was cold, wet and the fog was setting in. We got to the summit a couple of hours being schedule, after taking a quick pic at the trig point we headed back down.

Dale had waited for it to get light and hobbled back to the car park. Andy drove us through the morning and we got to Pen Y Pass , the base of Snowdon at 12.30pm. With 3 hours to get up and down we got straight into it. Dale's knee was too bad to carry on so we were down to 3. We set off at a decent pace, with still hope of completing the challenge. It was raining in Wales but it kept us cooler. With a quick picture at the top we set off straight back down.

We got to the base with 17mins left, with at least an hour to get back to the car we realised we had no chance of making it in 24hours but kept up the pace regardless.

We finished in 24hrs and 53mins - we were all really gutted that we didn't make the 24hrs but proud with the effort we put in to raise over £10K for a great cause."

Well done to the guys for all their hard work and effort!

You can still donate online at www.justgiving.com and view all of their photos from the day on flickr.