The unofficial times are:
Ramblomatic Crew (23hrs 23mins 05secs)
Partly Ramblomatic (25hrs 39mins 15secs)
Ramblomatic Extras (29hrs 11mins 42secs)
Big thanks to the support crews and those who sponsored us!
We did it!
July 21st, 2009English Countryside in ‘Scary Danger’ Shocker!
July 2nd, 2009As this is likely my first and last blog post for the ramblomatic site, I thought I’d make it a scary one.
We don’t have much to worry about in England when it comes to wildlife. There are no dangerous spiders, no killer bees and even our native Adder snake has a bite about as poisonous as good night out on the vodka. If you’re really unlucky you might get squashed by cows. But there is a new danger, one that threatens to engulf us all!
Well, perhaps not, but it’s good to be aware of these things I guess…
Tick Alert is a campaign “…to raise awareness of tick-borne diseases both at home and abroad”. TBE is definitely to be avoided but doesn’t look to be a concern here…yet. The one we should worry about is Lyme disease…and the South Downs is a UK hotspot! A HOTSPOT I TELLS YA!!!
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This sensationalist posting is bought to you in co-operation with the “Won’t somebody please think of the children!” (TM) campaign.
School Disco
July 1st, 2009I decided to set up an event to raise some money for Trailwalker as it looked a fun and different approach.
My theme was school disco with optional fancy dress. I had fruity cocktails, pass the parcel with a twist, a raffle and prizes for the most original boy and girl. I charged £7.00 entrance fee and charged £1 per raffle ticket or £5 for 6. I asked guests to bring along a wrapped unwanted gift or item to be used a raffle items. My front room was decorated with 80’s and 90’s idols, films and icons to get people in the nostalgic mood. I provided a school themed buffet, with cocktail sausages and cheese and pineapple on sticks. Very cheesy but that was the point of the night.
Dressing up was great fun. I went for a neon look with my school uniform. Some of the other guests came along as school boys and girls and we even had someone who dressed as a dinner lady. The guests who didn’t dress up were the teachers of the school and judged the competition.
I used Spotify for the nights music. That way all the great school tunes could be found with no cost as there is no charge to listen to tracks. Towards the end of the night the party was in full swing with dancing and singing till late. Luckily my neighbour downstairs was away!!
The turn out was good and good fun was had by all. I managed to raise £133.00, which was excellent. I would definitely have another themed party, it was a great way to let your hair down.
Now I’m detoxing for the final weeks of training…
Fundraising!
June 27th, 2009Just to draw attention to the Fundraising we have to do as we only have three weeks left till the event, each team has pledged to raise £2000 for Oxfam and the Gurkha Welfare Trust - that’s £500 per team member! Here’s our fundraising totals so far:
We need your help to reach our targets, so please sponsor us through JustGiving. Links to all our team pages are below:
Cake sale success
May 23rd, 2009I held a cake sale and dress down Friday at work on Friday 22nd May 2009 and raised £62. It all began on Thursday night when I set out to make my Jamie Oliver Victoria Sponge. This is the first cake I have made in over a year so was worried about the result and whether people would pay for my creation. All was going well until my top layer of the sponge decided to split when cooling. I finished the cake and decided to promote it as a San Andreas Fault cake and hope people wouldn’t be put off.
The day was a success and enjoyable too. Everyone was really in good spirit and donated generously. My cake seemed to go down well and I received lots of compliments. My thanks also go to Galla and Susannah who also contributed cakes. Everyone left feeling rather full and caked out by the end of the day. Would definitely do this again and recommend this as a great funraising idea if you have willing employers.
Petersfield to Amberley
May 21st, 2009Ah, what a day. It was possibly the last time that Ferris, Ben and I will be walking together before the main event, so we thought we’d challenge ourselves by doing a night walk and also ramping up the distance quite considerably.
The plan was to go from Petersfield station, meet the Trailwalker route after about 6km and follow through checkpoints 1 to 7, then break off down the hill to Hassocks train station. That would have come to 80km, so we started at 12:30 with the aim of reaching the station for the 06:30 train to London. Alas, it was not to be…
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Brighton to Seaford and back
May 19th, 2009Sunrise - 6am. I was determined to set off with an early start.
With this being my first solo trek - i decided on a far easier route than my previous one. It was a little touch and go with the weather to begin with - but as i arrived in Brighton the sun was shining and all was well.
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Marlow to Egham
May 14th, 2009So this was a slight let down. I thought it was 26 miles, 40km or thereabouts, so we were proper excited when we breezed through at pace, but once we’d stopped and had a pint and a think, we realised we must have got the distance wrong. Turned out it was a 35k, so we weren’t quite as quick as we thought. Still, for a dismal, rainy day it was a good walk - reasonable distance and plenty of speed. Now for a truly massive walk next week to see if we can hack it!
Ystradfellte (waterfalls)
May 14th, 2009The second team walk in the Brecons, and it was a good ‘un. After a big day on the hills on Saturday and with the threat of driving home looming large, we decided to go for a short ’sightseeing’-type walk. We chose to head for Ystradfellte to take in a few of the waterfalls. It was a superb, sunny day and it was an absolute stunner. Wel worth a look if you’re ever around there.
Fan Y Big
May 14th, 2009Ah, the Welsh hills! What a lovely walk this was - seven of the twelve walkers all walking together, hitting some 2000 ft peaks, enjoying the scenery and making the most of the mostly-good weather. Fantastic.
