Many thanks and a big shout out to Kees Huysmans of Tregroes waffles in West Wales for his offer of enough of their delicious Toffee waffles to keep us going for 1000 miles in May!
Saturday, 26 March 2011
Friday, 11 March 2011
£100 and climbing
Started canvassing potential charity sponsors this week, been 'shaking the tin' in work and got nearly £200 pledged already, plus been e-mailing all my address book at work, which has meant that my JustGiving site has now reached the £100 mark after a slow start.
The collection box on my desk in work also has, I reckon, the thick end of £100 in it, plus I am arranging a coffee morning in work, on April 15th, which hopefully will raise another £100, also thinking of arranging a training ride, via the Bikeradar forum, charging participants (via a donation to the JustGiving page) 5 or 10 quid for the pleasure of being guided around the Bwlch and Rhigos climbs!
Off to the bank, now, to see if Santander will do a 'Charity fund-matching' deal for me, as I'm too kn@ckered to ride today, as I've done 250 miles this week - which only equates to 2 JOGLE days! :<(
The collection box on my desk in work also has, I reckon, the thick end of £100 in it, plus I am arranging a coffee morning in work, on April 15th, which hopefully will raise another £100, also thinking of arranging a training ride, via the Bikeradar forum, charging participants (via a donation to the JustGiving page) 5 or 10 quid for the pleasure of being guided around the Bwlch and Rhigos climbs!
Off to the bank, now, to see if Santander will do a 'Charity fund-matching' deal for me, as I'm too kn@ckered to ride today, as I've done 250 miles this week - which only equates to 2 JOGLE days! :<(
Another sponsor...
Many thanks to Adam from Blackfriars for his kind offer of a couple of boxes
of mixed flapjacks for the ride..
Posted this on the Bikeradar forum recently as I think gels may be handy for us on JOGLE, but they are very expensive...
Bikeradar forum - Homebrew gels
of mixed flapjacks for the ride..
Bikeradar forum - Homebrew gels
Monday, 7 March 2011
Water baby...
Many thanks to the the lovely Nicola and the guys at Prince's Gate water in Narberth,
West Wales, for providing us with 120L (240 x 500ml bottles) of their finest ...
the finest bottled water in Wales
Hi Peter, As per our conversation, I can confirm that we will be in a position to offer you 10 free cases of 500ml still (24 bottles per case) for this cause. The only proviso we make is that the stock is collected from our site in Narberth, and that we have 48 hours notice of collection. We look forward to hearing from you and in the meantime wish you all the best in training! Kind Regards, Nicola Merriman
Thursday, 3 March 2011
10 weeks to go...
Less than ten weeks to go now and a good turn out for the Daffodil Classic in Pendine on Sunday.
44 hilly and windy miles - not sure if I could have gone around three times (typical JOGLE day!!!).
Daffy Classic
All hotels and hostels now booked and sorted, so one less thing to worry about - now just the small
matter of ramping up the training to 60/70 milers by the end of March, then up to the century mark by the end of
April!!
Starting to contact some of our sponsors to round up the goodies that they've promised us, organising tee-shirts, jerseys etc, still to sort.
Sent out fundraising forms to all members of our 12-man team, so get out there, lads and 'shake the tin'!
44 hilly and windy miles - not sure if I could have gone around three times (typical JOGLE day!!!).
Daffy Classic
All hotels and hostels now booked and sorted, so one less thing to worry about - now just the small
matter of ramping up the training to 60/70 milers by the end of March, then up to the century mark by the end of
April!!
Starting to contact some of our sponsors to round up the goodies that they've promised us, organising tee-shirts, jerseys etc, still to sort.
Sent out fundraising forms to all members of our 12-man team, so get out there, lads and 'shake the tin'!
Wednesday, 29 December 2010
The plan..
OK - route and dates finalised; still one or two accommodation options to consider; Kilmarnock, Chester and Barnstaple are the only two venues in which I have not yet sorted somewhere to stay, but will work on that early in new year.
Still turning the screw on Mark Lupton to make up the Dirty Dozen, haven't given up hope yet! For those of you that haven't seen this yet; xtranormal video link give it a view, and you'll have some idea of what I'm up against (disclaimer - it's not for the kids, viewer discretion advised!)
Steve/Gar - the dates are as below, sorry for any confusion;
Start day, May 7th 2011 (drive up the day before, Friday. stay at this hostel )
Day…………........start/Finish………………distance
1.Saturday 7th…JOG – Inverness; 119 miles
2.Sunday 8th…Inverness – Oban; 109 miles
3.Monday 9th…Oban – Kilmarnock; 114 miles
4.Tuesday 10th...Kilmarnock-Windermere;122 miles
5.Wednesday 11th...Windermere–Chester;128miles
6.Thursday 12th…Chester–Celtic Manor Resort Newport/Usk; 126miles
7.Friday 13th…Celtic Manor – Barnstaple; 109miles
8.Saturday 14th… Barnstaple – St.Agnes; 82 miles
9.Sunday 15th…St.Agnes – Land’s End; 34 miles
8.Saturday 14th… Barnstaple – St.Agnes; 82 miles
9.Sunday 15th…St.Agnes – Land’s End; 34 miles
Lunch in Land’s end, drive home Sun., pm.
Land’s end – Port Talbot (257 miles) in the van!
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
The Col de Cimla, Dragon ride 2010; 103kgs
Need to be 95kgs for the JOGLE; May 2011!
awaiting 12 week training plan package,
which will be included in the Dragon 2011
entry package, early in New Year,
'devised by Andy Cooke, for those of you
who are looking for a structured approach
to getting fit and fast before the ride',
i.e., me and Phil Morris!
Need to be 95kgs for the JOGLE; May 2011!
awaiting 12 week training plan package,
which will be included in the Dragon 2011
entry package, early in New Year,
'devised by Andy Cooke, for those of you
who are looking for a structured approach
to getting fit and fast before the ride',
i.e., me and Phil Morris!
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