Tricky times
Row Across The Pond
Richard Hoyland and Steve Coe
Thu 25 Feb 2010 14:21
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Rich...
Times are tough, the pressure of poor weather and other
external factors have forced the blog onto the back burner for a few days,
apologies.
Personally, I have been finding it very tough and a spell on
the para-anchor last night i.e. stopped and slipping backwards, doesn't
help.
Still we must look forward to what weather mother nature will
deal us next and cope with that on a day by day basis. Today a strong Southerly,
trying to push us North...later today this is forecast to go head on i.e.
stopping us again. We push on.
When I step off of the boat in x days/weeks there will be
moments which the mind may choose to blank out, or to just fuzz over the
hardship...the last couple of days will be in that category. We need to finish
this task and hopefully one day I will be able to look back with a smile on my
face...at the moment I need that energy for rowing ;-)
For all those at home, may they be family/friends/colleagues,
please keep the emails coming. Although we continue to have the occasional
problem with comms i.e. missing mails, blogs lost in transit, we value our
contact with you. This is especially true when our minds deviate from the task
in hand. To feel alone at sea is to be in the most beautiful wild and exciting
place, but we are powerless to influence much beyond the speed at which we
row...a very humbling experience. It's a frightening one..as I am from the
blackberry generation that are used to instant answers and instant data, this
challenge removes that and strips life back to basics.
Still...I hear the trade winds might start blowing one day
soon!
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