July 12th – Any cyclist runs on his stomach. I’m not a little chap and like many cyclists, need a lot of food to keep me going. Grazing a lot, one soon learns the foods that survive life in a saddlebag or pocket best, and offer most bang for the buck. Flapjacks of all kinds are a favourite with cyclists the world over. Oaty, full of energy, they’re dense, small and tasty. The best ones in my opinion are made by Blackfriars in Leiscester. I pass their factory often, and it always smells different; today the air was filled with the scent of raisins.

Flapjacks of the world, this cyclist salutes you…