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Row Across The Pond
Richard Hoyland and Steve Coe
Wed 10 Mar 2010 20:10
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Another day at the office 'No Fear', another day at sea,, oh
yes, clicking down those miles one by one and getting excited about finishing..
Although gotta say, there is still a long way to go and alot of rowing to
be done so sorry to say, but I have to keep those thoughts of joy
under control until the moment happens, This is my way of preserving any
sanity i may have left.., Seems like the simple things in life, like
walking will have to be re learnt, as will eating normally rather than out of a
food bag with the same plastic spoon that has lasted me almost the entire
journey, Thats done it, i'll probably lose it over board now,
We are both now very focused and determined to push hard now
for every mile.
To all the Ash Cubs of Bookham, surrey, Hello all the way from
the far side of the Atlantic Ocean, We are many thousands of miles away from
you, our homes and our family,, We have been surrounded by miles upon miles of
open water for some 60 odd days and each day we have rowed our boat for pretty
much 24 hours each day.. This needs alot of discipline and determination. It
means sacrificing some comforts, like a full night sleep. The good bit are, we
have got to see many sea creatures including, whales and dolphins, even a shark
which was bit scary, I have swam with the dolphins and
whales but they were a little shy. With hind sight perhpas i should
not have got in the water with the two baby whales, it was only after
that i thought mummy or daddy whale may feel threatened and possibly
come to there side or feel threatened. Of a night
time a whale exhaled nearby and i new it was a whale because of the very strong
fishy smell from its stomach,, not pleasant, but still this is there world and
it is nice they come and say hello..
We are within 500 miles of our destination now, and looking
forward to walking on steady ground and eating whole some fresh food.
I suspect it may take us a while to reaclimatise to life back
on land meanwhile, we will continue to do our best right the
end of this epic journey.
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