Two Brecon soldiers completed six marathons in six days, including scaling the three highest peaks in Wales, in scorching temperatures for charity.

Jamie Hutch, 36, and Tim Tucker, 32, set off from Llanfairpwllgwyngll on the Isle of Anglesey on Saturday, July 7 - the hottest weekend of the year so far.

The two Afghanistan veterans, who both served in the Royal Logistic Corps with the 160th Infantry Brigade based at Brecon Barracks, scaled Snowdon, Cadair Idris and Pen-y-Fan within their 140-mile-run to raise money for Cancer Research and Marie Curie.

On their first day, the two men clambered up Snowdon, accompanied by their colleague Edward Goldsmith, where they said they were greeted by "stunning views" which seemed to spread out for "hundreds of miles".

Jamie Hutch said that while they had struggled to ascend the steepest part of Snowdon, they’d had a lot of fun running back down the mountain afterward.

Father of three Jamie said: "My mum also met us, but that was at the top and that made it all worth it."

Tim, who has four children, said that the hardest day of their trek was the second day which took them from Beddgelert on a marathon through Mid Wales before arriving at Dolgellau and tackling Cadair Idris on day three.

"It was fine for the first half, but then we came across this hill which we hadn’t seen on the map and it just sucked the morale out of us."

Tim said: "It was 33 degrees celsius and we were both still sore from Snowdon the day before.

"It was already really warm by 10am so when we got the hill, it was just awful and there was no shade.

"It was really tough with the heat throughout the week, but we made sure we were eating well and we drank plenty of water."

Tim and Jamie had originally been waking up at 5am to start running at 6am, but they said after the second day they started waking up at 4am to set off at 5am.

On day three Tim and Jamie battled Cadair Idris on what they described as their favourite day - they said it was the least busy of the three mountains and that the views were just as "incredible".

The pair ran the equivalent of two marathons from Machynlleth, through Rhayader and Builth Wells and onto Talgarth on days four and five.

They were joined by their colleague Craig Stockdale for support on day five after Tim had hurt his thigh running down hill.

Tim said: "My quad muscle just seized up, it felt like it had just gone.

"I was so grateful to Craig for coming in, he was still quite fresh and so he was enthusiastic and he was cheering us on.

"He helped to distract us, particularly me from the pain."

On the final day Jamie and Tim scaled Pen-y-Fan where they met their families and padre Rev Robin Richardson who held a service at the summit.

Jamie said they were stunned as they were greeted by hundreds of people at the barracks when they crossed the finish line.

He said: "We were expecting to see our families and one or two others, but literally everyone from the barracks was outside clapping along.

"There were people we’d not seen before out there, and it was a bit emotional to be honest - I was having to bite my tongue a bit just like ’don’t cry, don’t cry’.

"I’m gutted it’s over, I still can’t quite believe we’ve done it - it was just sort of like being in suspended animation for a week."

Tim, who lost a stone throughout the trail, said: "We’re so grateful for all the support and donations.

"We’ve raised over £3,000 online after we set an initial target of £2,500."

At the end of each day, the two men enjoyed cooling off in rivers and lakes on the trail in what they called their "post-run ritual".

You can follow their full journey in pictures and videos on their Facebook page Welsh 3 Peaks Marathon - 160X Log Sp.

Jamie and Tim are also still accepting donations through their Just Giving page.