“Friend of mine rowed across the Atlantic.” My lunch companion leaned conspiratorially across the white linen tablecloth at the National … Read More
Month: March 2005
Cashflow Crisis
Got 3000 to spare? It’s 2am, and I’m lying in bed worrying about how I’m going to pay the next … Read More
Money can’t buy you happiness. But it can buy you freedom.
My final word on the rules of expeditions… …As has been highlighted in the last few days, expeditions are subject … Read More
Pedantic semantics – the saga continues
I’m glad to be an ocean rower (aspiring) and not a polar explorer – apart from the risk of losing … Read More
Cunning linguistics
Solo, single-handed, or unsupported? That is the question. Yesterday I read an article on www.theoceans.net which defines the rules on how … Read More
What were YOU doing at 4 o’clock on Saturday night?
Or shouldn’t I ask? Maybe on your way home, maybe still partying? Me, I was rowing… I’d woken up at … Read More
Wholebake Heaven
A surprise delivery 5 minutes ago – a huge, HUGE box full of 9 Bars, from those nice people at … Read More
Outboard engine? I don’t think so!
‘Hello, I’m enquiring about keeping my boat in the marina over the summer.’ ‘What sort of boat is it?’ ‘An … Read More