Hi All,
Over the next few weeks I will be advertising for a team of determined lads and lasses to join me on a cross Europe venture by pedal and crampon! We will be cycling from Calais to the French Alps where we will attempt a summit of Western Europe’s highest peak- Mt Blanc. This is a unique adventure but open for all who can dedicate time to training and teamwork. Please be in touch if you or friends want to be included in a mail shot of further details.
Love Rich
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We would like to say a massive thanks to Richard Spink from Carbon Neutral Expeditions, to Bristol Beer Factory, and to all of you who attended Friday night’s Wee Do. We had an amazing time, and reckon that the turn-out we had was the best yet!
Not only was Richard’s talk engaging and informative, but he also managed to create an almost-continuous hum of laughter from his audience – a rare talent indeed.
We learnt about the educational aims of CNE, their rigorous training schedule, the planned trip to Greenland, and finally the catastrophic storm that forced them to quit their expedition and almost cost them their lives. The audience was even treated to some previously unseen footage of their rescue by a passing oil-tanker.
All this excitement was washed down with plenty of Bristol Beer Factory’s Sunrise Pale Ale. It was the ideal antidote to the sticky evening heat that pervaded the air in Bristol after a day of freaky hail storms and glorious sunshine. August’s Wee Do will see Chris from BBF telling us how they make their beer so yummy – more on that in the coming weeks.
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It has been a few months in the offering but this weekend we visited the Fareshare warehouse to collect a vast majority of our food rations for the expedition. This is food that otherwise would have ended up in the land fill site due to damaged packaging or wrongly printed sell-by dates. It must be stressed that this food was surplus to the requirements of Bristol disadvantaged community.
This is an amazing charity, something anyone in the food industry should support and be aware of. Here’s a summary:
- FareShare is a national UK charity supporting communities to relieve food poverty
- FareShare is at the centre of two of the most urgent issues that face the UK - food poverty and food waste
- The charity addresses these issues in three ways:
Providing quality food - surplus ‘fit for purpose’ product from the food and drink industry - to organisations working with disadvantaged people in the community
Providing training and education around the essential life skills of safe food preparation and nutrition, and warehouse employability training through FareShare’s Eat Well Live Well programme
Promoting the message that ‘No Good Food Should Be Wasted’
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Today we are delighted to announce an ongoing partnership with leading sports nutritionalists, Orbana.
Orbana is a revolutionary drink that uses only healthy ingredients to give a steady release of energy without the spike and crash - all without using a single ounce of caffeine, sweeteners or preservatives. Orbana combines a special mixture of energy sources with a generous amount of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and electrolytes to delay fatigue for up to two hours. So now when you need a kick, you can do it in a way that’s actually good for you.
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7581 8972 Email: info@orbana.com Website: www.orbana.com
We are trilled to have the expertise and proven quality of Orbana. It will provide vital additional calories on the Ice as well as the essential nutrients and vitamins that can quickly become deficient, without too much teeth cleaning after. It will make all the difference. They will be put straight to the test next week when we enter the lab for further VO2 max and lactate threshold tests.
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We have been fortunate enough to have Alex Thomson, sponsored ocean racing sailor on side for the past couple of weeks. He has been brilliant in helping us find contacts to get cheap, discounted and even free kit to help communicate with the schools we are working with around the UK. We feel we are making a little progress in this area. It is after all one of the key components of our project, to be able to bring this expedition into the classroom. Using laptops, and batteries at -30 has its problems and being so remote on the ice-cap will present real challenges for us when trying to keep this kit working and fully charged.
We still have a long long way to go!
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