Esme And Her Friends Conquer West Dorset’s Three Peak Challenge For Friends Of The Elderly

Friends of the Elderly the charity which runs care homes day care services and a grant giving service for older people living on low incomes throughout England received a wonderful donation of £308 00 from Esme Sheen a seven-year-old who along with three of her friends and their Mums took on – and beat

West Dorset s Three Peak Challenge

The West Dorset Three Peaks Challenge is a 9 3 mile walk which takes in and scales the great heights of three of Dorset’s most prominent landmarks – Thorncombe Beacon (157 metres) Gold Cap (191 metres) and Colmer’s Hill (127 metres)

Talking about her epic achievement Esme said: “I was watching an episode of Blue Peter and they were talking about their top 10 challenges It really inspired me to do something for charity

I d read a book about the late Queen Elizabeth that was made especially for her Jubilee and it mentioned that Friends of the Elderly was one of the charities she had supported for over 70 years After reading the book I thought that it would be a nice charity to support Originally I wanted to walk to The North Pole but my Mum told me it would be too cold and as I don t like the cold very much I decided on the Three Peaks instead Esme didn’t waste any time in getting three of her friends involved to join her on her quest “I didn’t do much training for the walk my Mum and I did a few and when we went on holiday to Cornwall all my family did a nice long walk to give me a bit of practice, so that helped,” Esme continued

On the morning of Sunday 14th May Esme her friends and their Mums set off I thought it would be