On Saturday 20th May I am joining friends and 200 others to hike up Mount Snowden in Wales at midnight in aid of Sands, the stillbirth & neonatal death charity💗💙 

We will be hiking 21km in rough terrain with up to 200 others beginning in the town of Llanberis, in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park, this spectacular challenge will see us trekking to the top of Snowdon at night, reaching the summit then catching the sunrise. 

I climbed Snowdon in 2021 in daylight and that was such an achievement in itself so doing it at midnight will be challenging  but one that doesn’t phase me.

It will be a tough challenge but this is for a very worthy cause! All donations will help us ensure that no family faces baby loss alone and will help continue to do vital work and research to save babies’ lives 💙🧡

My Story “In 2006 my first pregnancy sadly ended in a miscarriage. The loss and pain felt at the time is indescribable. I know friends and  family members  who also have miscarried, and friends who have lost babies through cot death, I wanted to take part in this challenge to raise funds for such a worthy cause and help support anyone facing baby loss. 

Christina and Simon‘s Story “Saturday 5th September 2015 was the day our beautiful and perfect baby boy Nicholas was born. He passed away suddenly three months later due to cot death. The day he passed changed the lives of not only us, his parents, but also that of his older brother, his grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, cousins and friends.Our lives altered forever, the death of a child is not something that ever leaves you and not something that you ever get over. Sands offers vital support to families going through baby loss, miscarriage and stillbirth.We are delighted to support Helen and Emma in their charity hike and wish them the best of luck in completing this challenge, raising important, much needed funds for sands. Good Luck Girls. For Nicholas and Lauren and all babies taken too soon”

Emma and Pete’s Story “Our lives were torn apart and forever changed on the morning of 6th September 2003 when our 2nd daughter, Lauren Rose died aged only 18 weeks due to cot death. Each year since, we have remembered her through numerous charity events by trying to raise as much money as possible. This year is no different, the challenge is the Midnight Hike up Mount Snowden with close friends, hopefully reaching the summit by sunrise. It will be really tough, harder than we realise and very emotional, but we are all up for it in memory of Lauren, Nicholas and all other babies lost far too soon”

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