16th Jan questions and other bits 22:33.510 24:01.771
Row Across The Pond
Richard Hoyland and Steve Coe
Sat 16 Jan 2010 17:22
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i would like to send birthday wishes to
three special people today from the high seas....
firstly Pippa Wellwood,, Pippa is going to be 7 years
old. She lives in sommerset and manages a sheep farm a
brother called sam and mummy and daddy. The sheep are well behaved and easy to
lool after but Pippa is having a it of touble with the others... they just
don't listen....
The next birthday wish is to Aden Bennet who lives in Ashtead
with her big brother Nicolas who is good and cricket and football and his big
sister Rosanna.. Rosanna looks after Aden all the time... Mummy is always busy
and Daddy plays too much golf....
I must mention the last birthday cos my conscience will not
let it go.. It is a belated Public announcement that i forgot my Lovely wifes
birthday on the 8th Jan..heres a BIG sorry i did nt mention
earlier... however not truly forgotten just ont the day i pre
arranged some flowers but they were delayed being delivered due to bad
weather.. is this so bad or wil be forgiven... it is for
the public to decide.....
Ok some questions answeres,
my bum is fine,, richards i leave to him but do believe it to
not a problem,, metanium worked a treat and only needed intermittently,, i
sometimes row on my rowing seat without any cushion which surprises me other
times i will roll up a micropore towel and sit on that,,, mix things up a bit,
same for hands sometimes gloves other times naked hands,,,,, i have some muscle
tension building in top middle back which is being generated from surfing the
waves using small muscle groups in my shoulders,, pain is temporary thing a bit
like giving birth i guess... which moves me nicely onto the big question of why
i am doing this... right now and many times on the journey thus far i am not too
sure,,, i would be lying if i said it was all fun,,, night times are special
when thoughts can roam, day times are hot a pondersome and draining.. the
scenerey is as you can imagine!!!! although every shift or day brings a set of
seas with its own memories and atmosphere..., for instance last night i
was convincing mysell i was rowing through a wildlife sancturay park...
Mmmm wild life is mimimal, but when you do see it, like the shark
yesterday, you sundenly feel right alive with excitement, or
terror.... however, i think the creatures are scaredof us.
yes suncream is also worn against the sun, it is HOT...
and no escape....
our clothes all almost always damp and as
i took cotton mostly this isn not good ,,, systhetics would be better for
any of you thinking of this as a project.. i will be pleased to offer assistance
and or advice... in have been avoiding the question as to why!!!! NO not to
win, correct....it is mostly a curiosity or intrigue sort
of thing.. probably a bit like having a baby, you know its
gonna hurt for a long time but still choose to do it... this is much easier
anyway,, this is only for a couple of months, children last for ever,,,,.
is that a poor analalgy... probably!!.
ps Knee fine, thanks Veronique and Brian.
A bit from Richard....it is HOT hot today and it's a big
problem trying to type the blog from a boiling hot cabin...especially for a
ginger bloke such as myself, will need to update you all tomorrow as am about to
boil over ;-)
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