Fuel Info updated
recipes added
Monday 26 July 2010
The Team
Guy Kieser
Member of Bracknell Christadelphian Meeting and orchestrator of this insane challenge
David Cross
Member of Clevedon Christadelphian meeting
Stephen Cross
Son of David Cross and member of Clevedon Christadelphian meeting
Nathan Briley
Member of Halesowen Christadelphian meeting
Ben Adams
Member of Halesowen Christadelphian meeting
Tom Evans
Member of Hall Green Christadelphian meeting
Chris Hodge
Member of Maidenhead Christadelphian meeting
Ian Cross
Member of Newport Christadelphian meeting
Ben Bramhill
Tim Taylor (aka Doo)
Member of Studley Christadelphian meeting.
Member of Bracknell Christadelphian Meeting and orchestrator of this insane challenge
David Cross
Member of Clevedon Christadelphian meeting
Stephen Cross
Son of David Cross and member of Clevedon Christadelphian meeting
Nathan Briley
Member of Halesowen Christadelphian meeting
Ben Adams
Member of Halesowen Christadelphian meeting
Tom Evans
Member of Hall Green Christadelphian meeting
Chris Hodge
Member of Maidenhead Christadelphian meeting
Ian Cross
Member of Newport Christadelphian meeting
Ben Bramhill
Tim Taylor (aka Doo)
Member of Studley Christadelphian meeting.
The Route
Day 1: Lan's End to Copplestone (116 miles)Day 2: Copplestone to Bristol (80ish miles)
Day 3: Bristol to Shrewsberry (104.9 miles)
Day 4:Shrewsberry to Preston (84.1 miles)
Day 5: Preston to Carlisle ( 89.1 miles)Day 6: Carlisle to Irvine (101.2 miles)
Day 7: Irvine to Glencoe (104.6 miles)
Day 8: Glencoe to Inverness (98.3 miles)
Day 9: Dalmore to John O'Groats (97.7 miles)
The Reason for this Cycle
Sponsored Cycle from Lands End to John O'Groats for Happy's School
This feature article has been written to tell us all about the upcoming event, with the sponsorship kindly going to Help4happy's.
On the 28th August to the 5th Sept 2010, ten of us are planning on cycling over 870 miles in 9 days, from Lands end to John O’groats.This is a sponsored cycle for ‘Help4Happy's’, a disabled children’s school in Umlazi, Durban, South Africa.
There are a number reasons why we chose to raise the money for Help4happy's, one being a number of participants involved have close links to South Africa and the ongoing projects going on out there.
As part of the ‘Good news of the Kingdom of God’ Outreach programme many volunteers from around the globe have been giving up their time and money to go and help the people of South Africa in community work and preaching. One of the projects that has really taken off in the past couple of years now is the work in the school ‘Happy's’.
Speaking from my own personal experience of visiting the school in April 2009, I can say that the children there are fantastic; they are so friendly and welcoming to you. They really make an effort to get to know you. We had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with them teaching them Sunday school lessons and doing arts and crafts with them. If there’s one thing you learn about African children then it’s how they love their colour! Everything is always so colourful and exciting, which really shows in the attitude of the children, despite the individual situations. Many of the children have been orphaned at a young age, this is sometimes due to the culture in African countries that a physical disability is seen more as a curse. Well these children are far from that, they are a blessing to each other and to us, they are such an example to us to appreciate what we do have in our lives.
So our aim is to raise money to assist in ‘Help4Happy's’ purchasing around 35 wheel chairs that are desperately needed for these children. Some of these children are in desperate need of new wheelchairs and facilities.
So we wanted to raise the money for a worthwhile cause, so I hope you will agree this is a very worthwhile cause! Please visit our Just Giving site:
http://www.justgiving.com/le-jog-2010/
So your help in sponsoring the cyclists and Help4Happys in any way possible would be fantastic.
Thankyou! Ben Adams.
Fuel
Flapjack recipe that i found on the web
Ingredients
200g oats
100g 'flavourings' like dried fruit, seeds, choc chips etc. I used dates, apricots and doctor food nuts
50g plain flour
100g butter.
2 tbsp golden syrup
50g~75g brown sugar
Method
1) Mix the oats, flour and flavouring stuff - ie dry ingredients
2) Melt butter, syrup, sugar in microwave
3) Stir into the oat mixture
4) Grease a baking tray
5) Wack it in and level. Press down firmly
6) 180 deg c for 20-25 mins. Check after 20 mins.
7) Take it out and leave it to stand until it cools!!
8.) Cut into wedges whilst still ever so slightly warm
To fill a 10inch by 15 inch tray you need to double the above ingredients and that'll only give you 1/2 inch thick flapjacks
When they are thin they are quite dry but not too crumbly
Found a reference to a book which might be worth a look but haven't tracked it down yet
"Anita Bean's Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition"
Found this recipe on the web as well but haven't tried it
These take time but are dead easy - this is an adaptation of Nigella Lawsons breakfast bars from Nigella Express
Ingredients:
1 x 397 g condensed milk (the light version with less fat works equally well),
250g oats,
75g shredded coconut or ground almonds,
100g dried fruit (of your choice),
125g mixed seeds,
125g peanuts or other mixed nuts, crushed up a bit if you like.
Method:
1) Heat oven to 130 deg C.
2) Warm condensed milk in a large pan.
3) Mix everything else together.
4) Then add warmed milk.
5) Spread on a baking tin roughly 12 in x 12 in.
6) Bake for 1 hour,
7) cool for 15mins and cut up before cooled completely.
The bars survive in your pocket okay in a bag or foil.
Make sure you use condensed milk and not evaporated milk. Condensed milk is full of sugar to provide the simple carbs element and far less fat than butter. Okay there's fat from the nuts, but less than the butter element of flapjacks
Heres a link for homemade energy gel's
Homemade Energy Gels. Can be converted to a bar. http://www.jibbering.com/sports/gels.html
Another condensed milk flapjack recipe
This is my favourite flapjack recipe. The addition of condensed milk makes then really gooey - a bit like the ones from M&S!
Ingredients:
Porridge Oats (Tesco's value ones work well), 500g
Butter, 300g
Golden Syrup 4 serving spoons
Unsweetended condensed milk, half a tin
Demerera sugar, 340g
Method: 1) Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celcius, you may need to search the web to find a conversion to gas mark (1-9) which many ovens are in.
2) Line the baking tin with baking parchment, this doesn't have to be neat.
3) Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat.
4) Add the sugar and syrup. Keep heating and stirring until all is melted and mixed. Don't rush by turning the heat up, the sugar will start to caramelise etc. If it starts to boil take it off the heat!
5) Add the condensed milk and mix.
6) Gradually add the oats, folding them in. All the oats should be coated, and the mixture quite dense, but still sticky. Don't add so many oats that the mixture becomes dry.
7) Pour the mixture into the tins and spread about so that it lines the tin to a depth of 2-3cm. Fill as many tins as necessary! Don't squash the mixture in, just spread it evenly.
8) Bake in the oven for ~15mins. If using top and middle shelves swap half way through so they cook evenly.
9) You should take them out when they just start to go brown round the edges, don't leave longer than this. If they're still squidgy in the middle that's fine, they set on cooking.
They are soooo yummy - and sooooo bd for my diet
Ingredients
200g oats
100g 'flavourings' like dried fruit, seeds, choc chips etc. I used dates, apricots and doctor food nuts
50g plain flour
100g butter.
2 tbsp golden syrup
50g~75g brown sugar
Method
1) Mix the oats, flour and flavouring stuff - ie dry ingredients
2) Melt butter, syrup, sugar in microwave
3) Stir into the oat mixture
4) Grease a baking tray
5) Wack it in and level. Press down firmly
6) 180 deg c for 20-25 mins. Check after 20 mins.
7) Take it out and leave it to stand until it cools!!
8.) Cut into wedges whilst still ever so slightly warm
To fill a 10inch by 15 inch tray you need to double the above ingredients and that'll only give you 1/2 inch thick flapjacks
When they are thin they are quite dry but not too crumbly
Found a reference to a book which might be worth a look but haven't tracked it down yet
"Anita Bean's Complete Guide to Sports Nutrition"
Found this recipe on the web as well but haven't tried it
These take time but are dead easy - this is an adaptation of Nigella Lawsons breakfast bars from Nigella Express
Ingredients:
1 x 397 g condensed milk (the light version with less fat works equally well),
250g oats,
75g shredded coconut or ground almonds,
100g dried fruit (of your choice),
125g mixed seeds,
125g peanuts or other mixed nuts, crushed up a bit if you like.
Method:
1) Heat oven to 130 deg C.
2) Warm condensed milk in a large pan.
3) Mix everything else together.
4) Then add warmed milk.
5) Spread on a baking tin roughly 12 in x 12 in.
6) Bake for 1 hour,
7) cool for 15mins and cut up before cooled completely.
The bars survive in your pocket okay in a bag or foil.
Make sure you use condensed milk and not evaporated milk. Condensed milk is full of sugar to provide the simple carbs element and far less fat than butter. Okay there's fat from the nuts, but less than the butter element of flapjacks
Heres a link for homemade energy gel's
Homemade Energy Gels. Can be converted to a bar. http://www.jibbering.com/sports/gels.html
Another condensed milk flapjack recipe
This is my favourite flapjack recipe. The addition of condensed milk makes then really gooey - a bit like the ones from M&S!
Ingredients:
Porridge Oats (Tesco's value ones work well), 500g
Butter, 300g
Golden Syrup 4 serving spoons
Unsweetended condensed milk, half a tin
Demerera sugar, 340g
Method: 1) Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celcius, you may need to search the web to find a conversion to gas mark (1-9) which many ovens are in.
2) Line the baking tin with baking parchment, this doesn't have to be neat.
3) Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat.
4) Add the sugar and syrup. Keep heating and stirring until all is melted and mixed. Don't rush by turning the heat up, the sugar will start to caramelise etc. If it starts to boil take it off the heat!
5) Add the condensed milk and mix.
6) Gradually add the oats, folding them in. All the oats should be coated, and the mixture quite dense, but still sticky. Don't add so many oats that the mixture becomes dry.
7) Pour the mixture into the tins and spread about so that it lines the tin to a depth of 2-3cm. Fill as many tins as necessary! Don't squash the mixture in, just spread it evenly.
8) Bake in the oven for ~15mins. If using top and middle shelves swap half way through so they cook evenly.
9) You should take them out when they just start to go brown round the edges, don't leave longer than this. If they're still squidgy in the middle that's fine, they set on cooking.
They are soooo yummy - and sooooo bd for my diet
Equipment
Equipment Checklist
Cycling
Spare tyre & tube
Spare spokes
Handle bar grip tape
Water bottle
Pump
Puncture repair kit
front and back lights (spare batteries/charger)
specialist tools if required bike
cycling helmet
bicycle security lock
Cycling gloves (recommended)
Cycling glasses (recommended)
Clothing
cycle clothing (2 changes?? - hopefully washing facilities available)
Casual wear
padded cycle shorts/trousers (recommended)
over shoes (to keep cycle shoes dry)
cycle shoes
High viz/reflective vest or tape
waterproof jacket and cycling shorts/trousers
sleep wear
Bedding
Sleeping bag
Pillow
Other
toiletries
Bible
small cycling backpack
mobile phone and charger
inflatable bed/mattress
money & pre-booked tickets
Route maps & addresses
personal medical requirements
Tips
saw on a blog about a product called Mepilex which is a silicon foam dressing which is a few millimetres thick which you stick to your sking where chafinghas occurred, expensive but good was the comment
Cycling
Spare tyre & tube
Spare spokes
Handle bar grip tape
Water bottle
Pump
Puncture repair kit
front and back lights (spare batteries/charger)
specialist tools if required bike
cycling helmet
bicycle security lock
Cycling gloves (recommended)
Cycling glasses (recommended)
Clothing
cycle clothing (2 changes?? - hopefully washing facilities available)
Casual wear
padded cycle shorts/trousers (recommended)
over shoes (to keep cycle shoes dry)
cycle shoes
High viz/reflective vest or tape
waterproof jacket and cycling shorts/trousers
sleep wear
Bedding
Sleeping bag
Pillow
Other
toiletries
Bible
small cycling backpack
mobile phone and charger
inflatable bed/mattress
money & pre-booked tickets
Route maps & addresses
personal medical requirements
Tips
saw on a blog about a product called Mepilex which is a silicon foam dressing which is a few millimetres thick which you stick to your sking where chafinghas occurred, expensive but good was the comment
Friday 23 July 2010
sports tracker
just sussed out how to add sports tracker links to show actual tracked route
click below to see how it works and what is displayed
Chris training ride justa test
please remember this blog is still work in progress
click below to see how it works and what is displayed
Chris training ride justa test
please remember this blog is still work in progress
blog progress
still messing about
just sussed out how to add the planned route....although haven't done it yet
so will fiddle with that tomorrow probably and put something in provisionally that we can edit at a later date
not sure that i wiull be able to keep a page each to add info as the max number of sub pages allowed is 10
really glad i finally found the flapjack recipe, that was bugging me
so i will put a page for fuel so we can all add our tricks and tips
page is very much working progress so will change shape continually over the next week or so at least
just sussed out how to add the planned route....although haven't done it yet
so will fiddle with that tomorrow probably and put something in provisionally that we can edit at a later date
not sure that i wiull be able to keep a page each to add info as the max number of sub pages allowed is 10
really glad i finally found the flapjack recipe, that was bugging me
so i will put a page for fuel so we can all add our tricks and tips
page is very much working progress so will change shape continually over the next week or so at least
Wednesday 21 July 2010
The First big ride
First big ride for Guy and Chris was the 54 mile London 2 Brighton bike ride on June 20th for the bristish heart foundation.
Late start time meant it was more of a walk than a ride, an easy day with the sun on our backs and plenty of opportunities to chat and admire the views.
we ate flapjacks all day which somehow never got boring but we rewarded ourselves with some lard on brighton beach at the end.
although pleased with the day and our weapon's of choice neither of us gained any affection for our saddles and this was only 54 miles and 1 day....there maybe trouble ahead
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