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by Dee Jay
23 Feb 2009, 6:16am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Food for thought!
Replies: 19
Views: 1358

I eat normally the night before.

I have porridge - with raisins, cinnamon, a drizzle of golden syrup and a splash of skimmed milk - before anything over 10 miles.

These days, I take an entire fruit basket with me: bananas, pears and the tiny, sweet, juicy clementines which are around at the moment.

I continue to be amazed at how hungry I get while/after cycling.
by Dee Jay
22 Feb 2009, 5:39pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: plans for 2009
Replies: 26
Views: 3006

Dee Jay wrote:Discovered that the first 22 mile training ride was the very next day. Did that. Doing the same ride a bit later on today with a cycling buddy and her new Garmin!

Working up to the 65 miles training ride and I shall then take a decision about whether to go for the 100 miles.



We ended up doing the same ride yesterday with the technology! It's 25.17 miles. We had taken 5 hours to do this on Sunday with two very new riders. Yesterday, we did it in 2hrs 59mins!!

I am still buzzing with the excitement of the achievement.

And today I went out with the Cycling Club and rattled off 13 miles ... just like that!
by Dee Jay
17 Feb 2009, 5:58pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: plans for 2009
Replies: 26
Views: 3006

Mac, hi.

I think I know in my heart that what you say is true, I just haven't said it out loud yet. (That's the bit which makes me a bit nervous!)

Thanks for the encouragement.

I do feel like it's an unmissable opportunity as the organisers are practically writing my training program .... and doing it with me!!

It doesn't get much better than that.
by Dee Jay
17 Feb 2009, 3:12pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Padded shorts - to wear or not to wear
Replies: 23
Views: 2345

I've not cycled without my padded undershorts ever since I bought 'em.

I love my padded undershorts! :P

Not sure if I could even be persuaded to cycle if I wasn't able to wear 'em ...
by Dee Jay
17 Feb 2009, 9:48am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: plans for 2009
Replies: 26
Views: 3006

Gosh, yes .... lots of trips, much more ambitious than mine .... but here goes.

On Saturday, I went on the first post-white-out Cycling Club 11 mile ride, during which I found about a 35/65/100 miles 'figure-of-eight' taking place in June.

Discovered that the first 22 mile training ride was the very next day. Did that. Doing the same ride a bit later on today with a cycling buddy and her new Garmin!

Working up to the 65 miles training ride and I shall then take a decision about whether to go for the 100 miles.

I'm feeling very fired up about this. And thinking about buying myself a new (much more suitable) bike. My Club leader tells me that I deserve it! 8)

Best wishes to all and good luck with plans - big and small!
by Dee Jay
17 Feb 2009, 9:34am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: The origin of...
Replies: 8
Views: 2622

Beakyboy wrote:
steve climpson wrote:the origin of the word berk is ah.... interesting.


Yeah thats a good one, people use it without realising what it means.


Indeed. Like my mother-in-law, who also uses 'bugger' very freely, considering it to be genteel profanity, and turns into a modern-day Queen Victoria when I try to tell her what she's really saying. "Oh, I wouldn't know about *that* sort of thing, it didn't exist in my day ....!" She does, however, acknowledge that lesbians and fish-knives do exist! Unlike, VR!
by Dee Jay
17 Feb 2009, 9:22am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Hi there - new guy here! :-)
Replies: 12
Views: 1284

At the risk of dragging this back on topic .... :D .... welcome to the forum, Dan!
by Dee Jay
9 Feb 2009, 9:29am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Most useful item bought
Replies: 47
Views: 4726

MY beloved padded undershorts.
by Dee Jay
7 Feb 2009, 9:03am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Is this charity ride doable by a fit-less newbie?
Replies: 38
Views: 3879

Cath, hi!

I have PM'd you.
by Dee Jay
7 Feb 2009, 8:04am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Cake recipes
Replies: 7
Views: 1013

Well, this is one of mine, Cycle Cat

Low GI Carrot and Pineapple Cake - based on Antony Worral-Thompson's recipe

450g wholemeal self-raising flour
2 tsps baking powder
a mix of spices eg - cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg, mixed spice ..... choose about 3 and use approx 1/2 tsp of each
110 g dark muscovado suger
125ml olive oil
2 eggs lightly beaten
350g grated carrot
50g walnut pieces
110g raisins
25g coconut
250g crushed pineapple in natural juice

Preheat oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4.

Line a 23cm/9" spring-release tin with baking parchment - I don't grease as well, but you can if you wish.

Mix all dry ingredients, then add the rest. The mixture will be quite stiff and you may need to go in with your hands.

Transfer to tin.

Bake for one hour. I turn the tin around after 30 minutes as my oven is particularly hot at the back.

<stuff about waiting to cool before turning out and then waiting some more!! >

Eat.

This is a very forgiving recipe. I have made it with plain (wholemeal/granary/malthouse flour and upped the raising agent. With no coconut but with extra nuts/raisins. Different sugar. Different nuts.

I think that this is the cake equivalent of porridge and bananas!

I have a very sweet tooth, and I don't like to feel deprived, but don't like to eat too much junk - for all sorts of reasons - and this is one of the cakes which fits the bill.

The first time I made this cake I was shocked to feel how heavy it felt in the tin; I held an impromptu 'Guess the weight of the cake' competition amongst my guests!!

One last thing ...most children don't like it, which in my book, is a very good reason to bake a cake!! At least, my husband and I know that we'll get some!

Here is the thread, ripe for revival during this cold weather:

http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t ... ht=recipes
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by Dee Jay
7 Feb 2009, 7:55am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: New member
Replies: 12
Views: 1378

Aah .... welcome, fellow cake baker!

:D
by Dee Jay
6 Feb 2009, 1:09pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: new user
Replies: 6
Views: 896

Welcome to you!
by Dee Jay
1 Feb 2009, 6:21pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Ride with a view
Replies: 27
Views: 3022

Well .... here in mid-Devon, most of my cycling takes places in beautiful surroundings. The most recent one was last week: I did 10 very, very, very hilly miles which included the road from Ashill up to Blackborough.

Breath-taking in all senses!
by Dee Jay
1 Feb 2009, 11:46am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Introductions - tell us about yourself
Replies: 1305
Views: 421583

Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! .... to you all!

:D
by Dee Jay
24 Jan 2009, 7:51pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Chocolate
Replies: 14
Views: 1245

meic wrote:Almost 40 bars!!!




40 bars!!

I couldn't sleep if I had 40 bars of chocolate in the house!!