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!
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We did it!
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009School Disco
Wednesday, 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…
Cake sale success
Saturday, 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.
Ystradfellte (waterfalls)
Thursday, 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
Thursday, 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.
Devils Dyke to Brighton
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009The entire members of Ramblomatic Extras set out on a drizzly Saturday morning to tackle part of the course. We covered Checkpoint 7 to Brighton Train station covering 20 miles in just over 7 hours.
The day started off overcast as the walk began in Devil’s Dyke. The team kept good pace and enjoyed the countryside views. The weather improved and just past Lewes, where we had a spot of lunch being overlooked by some interested lambs.
Well earned break by check point 8
There is a fairly steep hill just out of Brighton in which has be renamed by as “Evil Hill”. As I can imagine after walking for 25 hours it will be a challange. On route we met another team practicing for the event only to find out they had gone from Washington and seemed very speedy and not worn out at all. We continued on our way up toward the race course only to be beeped at by the team we met earlier. Oh well we still have some training to do to get that good. Enjoyed a well deserved drink at the pub across the road from the race course and did our final few kilometres down to Brighton train station.
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Leatherhead to Warnham
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Well, it looks like Spring’s finally here - good opportunity for a nice long walk… Leatherhead to Warnham, mostly on the footpaths. Luvverly. Photos coming soon, but we have a video for the worst sheep bleet award.
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Poker game turns into fundraiser
Friday, March 13th, 2009When Matthew said he had a day off, our minds immediately turned to Poker. Now whilst it wasn’t declared at the start of the game, the winner couldn’t accept the money whilst his teams just giving page stood at £0.
So congratulations to… Me! Team Partly Ramblomatic have started their fundraising!
Hassocks to Brighton (CP8 to CP11)
Sunday, March 1st, 2009There’s only one way to know what you’ve got to do. And that’s to do it. Only a fraction of Ramblomatic could make it, but nevertheless, Ben, Ian and Olly set off to start from Hassocks Station to Brighton Station. With only a bad sense of direction from Ben and a map from Olly, they set off to reinact the hardest section of the Trailwalker.
Route: Hassocks to Brighton (CP8 to CP11)
Walkers: Ben, Ian & Olly
Date: 28/02/08
Distance: 30km/18.4 miles (approx.)
Time: 6h 23m
Average speed: 4.7kmph/2.9mph
Wimbledon to Richmond and back.
Monday, February 16th, 2009Possibly the most official Ramblomatic walk since members from all three teams were included. Ben, Elisabel, Hak, Sam and Zoe started on an epic journey to travel from Wimbledon Station, round Richmond park, round the Lake in the park and back to the flat. With only two stops and good time being made
Route: Wimbledon to Richmond and back.
Walkers: Ben, Elisabel, Hak, Sam & Zoe
Date: 15/02/08
Distance: 26km/16.2 miles (approx.)
Time: 6h 40m
Average speed: 3.8kmph/2.4mph