Heather Fell, Olympic modern pentathlete silver medalist, writes about her life 'on and off' the track.

CHOCOLATE, ginger, fruit, lemon, coffee and carrot; I have recently sampled them all in abundance, in the form of cake.

I've been brought up on the stuff — no, that sounds a little extreme — I mean I've been brought up in a house that always has a home made cake 'on the go'. Some might say the Brits' are known for drinking tea, the Fells' however are known for eating cake. Growing up not even liking tea I didn't have much choice, although thankfully I was also encouraged to do plenty of sport.

This weekend I managed to combine the two perfectly, whilst also raising money for charity by hosting the coffee break for the Tavistock Wheelers Sunday morning ride. I do still have a challenge; in just over two weeks' time I need to have raised several more pounds but also be fit enough to cycle 106 miles a day for nine days straight. Cake might be the solution for the financial aspect but I think I might need to refrain from joining in on the sampling as instead of fuelling me up the hills it could well end up weighing me down.

I was amazed at how much a bit of cake can make for charity but it is not a touch on football it seems. I was honoured to be asked to present the highly competitive Son-Rise cup to the winning team of Tavistock Tyres. That was just the finale of a huge fundraising effort for the local charity. It is just a shame I wasn't brought up on football!