Last day training, race is in 12 hrs….

We had our last training day together on Wed 26th June. Some great pics from Lieven. A bit of a difference from January… Enjoy….

But before that, a movie…. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/johnboykamp

 

 

 

Fundraising has passed the £2000 mark this morning

Some more donations came in this morning which means YOU have contributed towards more than £2000 raised for East Cheshire Hospice. The Jolly Paddlers thanks everyone for your support so far.

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Thanks to the Potteries Paddlers

A special thanks to the “Potteries Paddlers” who provided us with their route plan a number of months ago. This has formed the basis of our route plan. Thanks for your help and perhaps see you on the water soon.

In less than 24 hours we will be paddling, track our progress

A HUGE thanks to everyone for their donations so far, there are more to come…

Because we would love to have supporters on route here are some of the details which you may find useful on the day of Saturday 29th June. Our start time is 8:15am at the Miners arms in Poynton. We are intending to attach a live GPS system to the kayaks so that you may monitor where we are in real time over the internet from your smart phone or computer.

To track us via live GPS tracking:
http://www.greenalp.com/RealtimeTracker/index.php?viewuser=jollypaddlers

Our race day route plan:
https://kayakingforcare.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/jollypaddlers-race-notes-web.pdf

Hires zoom-able map with overview on route:
https://kayakingforcare.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/cheshire-ring-map-hires-v3.jpg

Prize giving is at the Miners arms in Poynton at 11:00am.

Estimated arrival times for each portage (for a 10:00am start so subtract 2 hours):

Number	Name of start point	Section miles	Section locks/tunnels	Guide minutes for 20 hrs	ETA 24hr clock
1	Bridge 18 – Miners Arms	5		57	10:00	A – Steve/Matt
2	Marple	5	16 L 2 T	65	10:57	B – Stuart/Dan
3	Apethorn Lane, Hyde	3.25		37	12:02	C – JohnK/C
4	Dukinfield Junction, Ashton	6.25	18L	91	12:39	A – Steve/Matt
5	Ducie Street, Manchester	8	9L	95	14:10	B – Stuart/Dan
6	Marsland Road, Sale	6.75		71	15:45	C – JohnK/C
7	Burford Lane Underbridge, Lymm	6		70	16:36	A – Steve/Matt
8	London Road bridge, Stockton Heath	6	Half T	75	18:06	B – Stuart/Dan
9	Preston Brook Tunnel	3.5	Half T, 1 L	39	19:21	C – JohnK/C
10	Valley Farm, Little Leigh	7.25	2T	86	20:00	A – Steve/Matt
11	Broken Cross	5.5		64	21:26	B – Stuart/Dan
12	Middlewich Big Lock	6.75	9L	87	22:28	C – JohnK/C
13	Wheelock	4	14L	59	23:53	A – Steve/Matt
14	Rhode Heath	2.25	10L	35	00:34	B – Stuart/Dan
15	Red Bull, Hardings Wood	5	3L	65	01:39	C – JohnK/C
16	Bridge 77, Congleton	5.75	12L	75	02:54	A – Steve/Matt
17	Bosley top lock or locks	4		48	04:09	B – Stuart/Dan
18	Bridge 44, Bullocks Lane	3.25		37	04:57	C – JohnK/C
19	Bridge 29, Clarke Lane	3.75		43	05:34	A – Steve/Matt
	Total			1199 mins	06:17	Back at Miners arms

 

KML file for Real Time GPS tracker

For fun we will be using “Real Time GPS Tracker” on the kayak for the entire race. This free Android software allows us to overlay a KML file on the live tracker map but the KML file needs to be on the internet. So in this post is that KML file with a JPEG suffix as WordPress only allows certain types of files to be uploaded. And it works a treat!

Track us at:

http://www.greenalp.com/RealtimeTracker/index.php?viewuser=jollypaddlers

 

KML file but with a .jpeg suffix to fool WordPress. i.e. No image will show (this is expected).

Five days to go and we have the race details

There are 4 days left before race day. Gulp! Our start time has been allocated earlier than we anticipated but in hind sight this is a good thing – no waiting about – simply get up and it is all go.

Jolly Paddlers start time is now 8:15am on Saturday 29th June 2013 from the Miners Arms in Poynton. There are 13 other crews (making a total of 14 crews). 5 K1 teams and 9 K2 teams. Let the fun begin!

Prize giving is now at 11:00am on Sunday (it has been brought forward from 1:00pm).

 

A special thanks to all from Citation Ltd

A special thanks to everyone from Citation Ltd (in particular Janet Hulme) who collected money on our behalf during their “Dress Down” day on 31st May 2013. The Jolly Paddlers thank you for helping raise money for East Cheshire Hospice.

Well done for raising this much! Good effort.

Some more training over the weekend – Kidsgrove to Congleton

We had a good training session on Sunday doing a 10 mile kayak run. Decided to go somewhere different yet still do one of the official segments from the Cheshire Ring Race. 90 miles to go….

 

Another day during the week…

Three weeks to go when all this can finally finish…

Work….

Later in evening….

Where will we be on race day and at what time?

Since supporters are starting to ask about where we will be on race day I decided to stitch together four photos of our map to hopefully make a highly zoom-able image. Not the best stitching software (or photos) but you can indeed zoom in to see what is going on and when.

Clicking on the below image will give you an idea of the route. There are rough times in the center of the map (which are times we are aiming for). BUT stay tuned as we may have a live tracking solution on the kayaks for real time positioning. We are in the process of testing our solution before announcing it to everyone.