Strutt & Parker agents face 85mph winds

Strutt & Parker agents may be known for their upmarket house sales and lettings but such prime concerns were set aside recently by a group of employees to raise money for the Sebastian Coe Charitable Foundation, part of the company’s efforts this year to garner £200,000 for charities who support the Francis Crick Institute. It specialises in biomedical research. An intrepid group from the company completed the Three Peaks Challenge, which for non-walkers means climbing three of the highest peaks in the UK in under 24 hours including travel time. These are Ben Nevis in Scotland, Scafell Pike in Cumbria and Snowdon in Wales. The fund raisers (pictured above, left to right) included James Gow (head of house sales in Kensington ), Dominic Price (residential development), Lucy Ball (public relations manager), William Sensecall (graduate surveyor ) and  Stephanie Nash (head of Fulham lettings). They set off on a Friday morning at 5.45am from Hammersmith for Ben Nevis where they faced driving rain, 85-mile-an-hour winds and fog for their first climb, aided by two mountain guides. Setting off at 6.38pm they reached the summit at 11pm, returning to the bus at 1am and then setting off for Scafell Pike. They arrived there at 7.30am and, says Lucy Ball,…