Category Archives: Trekking

Weldmar Midnight Walk

Energy Bars, Events, Trekking, Walking

MidnightWalkHomePageSliderMayThe Dorset Flapjack Company are very pleased to be able to support the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust at their 9th Midnight Walk fund raising event.  Everyone who takes part will get a Dorset Flapjack in their Goody Bag!  There are three different distances 5 miles, 6.5 miles and 10 miles.  See their webpage http://www.weld-hospice.org.uk/fundraisinMidnight-Walk-2014g/midnight-walk/midnight-walk for more details.

 

Weldmar Hospicecare Trust is an independent charity working in Dorset. All its services are provided free of charge. 75% of the funds are raised locally; the rest is given by the NHS. This is the only agency providing specialist palliative care in north, south and west Dorset and they do a fantastic job.

http://www.weld-hospice.org.uk/

 

Challenge Weymouth

The Dorset Flapjack Company was at the Challenge Weymouth Expo from 12th September to 14th September 2014.  We had a really great time out in the sunshine and it was fantastic to meet so many Dorset Flapjack fans and to talk to so many dedicated athletes about their nutritional needs during such an event.  We can’t wait to do it all again next year when it will also be the European Championship and it will be even bigger and better!

Challenge4
Dorset Flapjacks stand at Challenge Weymouth Expo

This challenging endurance race took place on 14th September 2014, starting with a 3.8km open water sea swim in the clear blue waters of Weymouth Bay. The rolling 180km bike course weaves through stunning local countryside offering competitors a fast and smooth cycling event, taking in the beautiful surrounding terrain. The 42.2km run then leads through the town, which was bustling with support from family, friends and loved ones, making for a very spectator-friendly end to a gruelling ironman triathlon.

http://www.justracinguk.com/event/2014/challenge-weymouth

It was a great weekend for participants and spectators and brought a lot of life to the seaside town for the weekend.  Many thanks to Julie and Vickie from Studland Stampede for their great help.

southpole

Dorset Flapjacks in the South Pole!

Energy Bars, Trekking, , ,

The Scott-Amundsen Centenary Race

In January 2012 two teams of intrepid polar explorers arrived at the South Pole having just recreated the amazing trips of the first ever people to arrive at the frozen South Pole, Roald Amundsen and Capt Scott.

Slog On or Scramble Up?

Amundsen’s route to the Pole crossed the Ross Ice Shelf and then ascended the short, but punishingly steep and dangerous Axel Heiberg glacier. Scott’s route crossed the same shelf but then takes the longer, shallower Beardmore glacier. For both teams, glacier crossings punctuated by hidden crevasses up to a mile deep, were perilous in the extreme.

Each team was completely unsupported, and carried their food and fuel across the ice for seventy days.

It was a very closely-run race.

Expedition facts

  • 920 miles
  • 70 days food and fuel
  • 10,000 feet climb
  • 140kg sledges
  • 120 miles of glacier
  • 350 Dorset Flapjacks

“The Dorset Flapjack Company is very proud to be associated with The Scott-Amundsen Race and the Royal British Legion. We are a family owned business and are all members of the Royal British Legion. We have nearly one hundred and twenty years’ worth of membership of the Royal British Legion and are very proud to be able to add to that support. The Royal British Legion has been a major contributor to community life in our village and is a very deserving organisation. Our bakery is based between the Bovington and Lulworth Army camps and our shop is a regular port of call for many soldiers based here, we are pleased to be able to return the support. We are delighted that Henry and his team will be using our Dorset Flapjacks to provide the energy needed to combine with their courage and determination to get to the South Pole. We like to support people doing amazing things for good reasons and can think of none better than the Scott-Amundsen Race. This will be inspirational for us and we look forward to following their progress as the expedition goes forward.“

cyclist1

The Perfect High Energy Sports Bar

Cycling, Energy Bars, Events, Running, Trekking, Uncategorised

From Cycling to endurance Triathlons, from arduous expeditions to Rowing, from Climbing to Golf, most sports and activities require determination, skill and energy.

While our Dorset Flapjacks won’t give you determination or the skill to be great at your sport they will give you the energy required to take part or compete at your highest. This is why we have also decided to sell boxes of our 120g flapjacks straight to the customer. So you can get stocked up on what is to undoubtedly become your favourite energy bar.

Most energy drinks and bars don’t taste all that great and are often designed to solely energise. However Dorset Flapjacks are not only a really great source of energy but are a great snack. They taste great, they look great and do the job better than most other products on the market. So how can you loose? Why not try them and see if you don’t agree.

Energy food doesn’t have to be boring, tasteless and unappealing.

With Dorset Flapjacks it won’t be.

oxford_cave_club

Oxford University Caving Club

Energy Bars, Trekking,

The Oxford University Caving Club (OUCC) has been exploring the caves of the Picos de Europa in Northern Spain for 48 years.

They have set records and discovered a number of new caves. This recent expedition was especially exciting due to the very real possibility of a passage joining two known caves. ‘The people involved are all experienced climbers and the trip is going to be a challenging, exciting and rewarding one’.

The Dorset Flapjack Company was proud to be part of this exploration. The team took some Dorset Flapjacks as a source of energy while in the caves as the work they were doing was very strenuous and tiring.

Kiliminjaro

Flapjacks on top of Kiliminjaro

Energy Bars, Trekking, ,

In September Robert sent us an email as he needed an urgent supply of Dorset Flapjacks for his trip to Kiliminjaro in Tanzania, Africa.  As he said “Having tasted all sorts of distasteful rubbish I recently had one of your Cherry and Sultana flapjacks – delicious!!!”.

We sent some off straight away and they arrived just in time. With his daily supply of Dorset Flapjacks guaranteed he confidently trekked his way to the top – 19,340 feet above sea level!  Congratulations, Robert that’s a tremendous achievement.