Harvest has now come to an end and a lot has been learnt. the biggest challenge though this week is not with the sea buckthorn but for Mathew who is at this moment six hours into his Iron man challenge in Mallorca. He has finished his 3.8km sea swim in 1 hour 17min which is impressive as the first of the pros finished in 48 mins. With a mountain to climb on his cycle of over 100km, then followed by a marathon his target is to finish within the 16 hour course time limit – coming in a 11pm tonight. His progress can be found under Mathew Swain on the Iron Man Mallorca website – ironman.com..
With challenges like iron man, sea buckthorn seems easy.
This week’s highlight has been at the “Lunch” exhibition in London. Without exception all those that tried our fresh sea buckthorn berries really liked them. I also took a new potential product – apple infused dried berries which went down very well in the bakery and energy bar sector. So with harvest 2015 finished this has made a great start for the next year and some partners to work with.
The day was crowned by coming home and collecting the mechanics of a blast freezer for next harvest. Hardly used and the chance to go next week to gain the materials to build a cold store from one being dismantled. So the year is looking good.
