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500,000 calories – 102 kg of food, including 300 snack bars, 100 sachets of porridge, 7 kg dried milk, 140 sachets of hot chocolate. The photo shows my mother dividing up my huge quantities of provisions into ration packs for … Continued
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Pending the arrival of adequate oars, it seemed as good a time as any to do some retail therapy. Manolo Blahniks? Prada? No. Musto, cargo nets and safety harness. And a quick catch-up with my one cash sponsor, the Happy … Continued
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Minor crisis this week – after taking extensive advice from Howard Croker and Peter Hogden re how long my oars should be, turns out they’re about 20cm too short to reach the water. And this despite extensive sessions with measuring … Continued
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16 hours on a rowing machine can take its toll, especially on the sit-upon, as my mother would call it. Towards the end of a particularly sweaty training session it felt as if I was sitting on razor blades – … Continued
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I survived! Obviously. This is me after the final dunking – the one in pitch darkness. And no, I’m not being sick – am just trying to get the water out of my nose. It wasn’t exactly my idea of … Continued
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Chris Eubank may or may not be able to confirm as keynote speaker at my party, but either way I’m glad I had the chance to meet him. And he gave me a lift to the station in his Humvee … Continued
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I’m starting to feel quite the local celebrity. While the Sedna Solo has been at Dolphin Quay Boatyard there has been a steady stream of visitors dropping by to enquire what the purpose of this strange-looking boat might be. The … Continued