Current Location – Marrakech, Morocco
36246km rowed… 3829 km remaining
The virtual finish post is in sight!! With just 12 weeks until the finish date of Saturday 18th December and just shy of 4000 km left to row it’s going to be a very tight finish - if I don’t finish by then I’ll owe Graham from security a fiver and that simply will not do. As much as I love the sun, the cooler weather is a real blessing and coming into Breast Cancer Awareness Month I’m hoping I can have a big push in terms of mileage on the rower. We crossed the £14,000 mark earlier this month which is brilliant and I just so hope we can have a great last few weeks for Breakthrough – I realise I’ll never such a good chance to raise pennies for them again so I’m hoping the old legs can just hold together for the final plod towards the end. I think £20,000 is a real target and with the launch of The Breakthrough Album on 1st October (lots of funky updates on the album in October’s blog!) I’m hoping that’s something we can hit – £55,000 was the aim from the beginning of the row and if that cannot be raised during this challenge I’m absolutely determined to carry on fundraising for Breakthrough for the rest of my life to hit that target.
A huge thank you to the wonderful boys and girls from the Basingstoke Amateur Operatic Society for raising a magnificent £279.75 from their sing-along ‘Pirates of Penzance’ - there will be some very pretty photos in the next blog but for now I leave you with a piccie of my very good mate Martin and his lovely wife Helen (and complimentary parrot) to tickle your tastebuds x
