Current Location – San Sebastian, Spain
37837 km rowed… 2238 km remaining
Oh gawd!! Just 6 weeks and 6 days to go and after a grotty dose of man flu I’m in a bit of trouble in terms of distance left to plod – it’s definately possible, it won’t be easy but it’s my own silly fault for not knocking out bigger distances over the summer… an average of 335km a week until the end and we’ll be there x
October is a huge month for Breakthrough being Breast Cancer Awareness Month and it was fantastic to launch The Breakthrough Album in time – jam packed full of brilliantly local bands and solo artists it deserves to sell superbly. I just wanted to say how tremendously proud I am of them all – I think we’ve got the best kids in any town anywhere in the UK and they’ve worked so incredibly hard to make this album happen (I’m going to get a signed copy to flog on ebay when they’re all famous). Well done guys and girls (especially Stu for producing and compiling everything with me) - I think you’re wonderful and thank you x Stu and I presented the album to the Mayor and Mayoress of Basinsgtoke and Deane at a reception they very kindly held to support the CD and the amazing musical talent we have in the town.
And presenting some of the fantastic talent on the album…
And finally – the Mayor signs the leg cast of Cameron (our album artwork designer)
A huge thank you to Tricia and Mark from Herbalife for supplying me with enough protein shakes to keep my twiggy muscles ticking until the end of the row – they are absolutely brilliant (both the shakes and Tricia and Mark) and if you’d like to find out more about Herbalife products please check out their website.
My good friend Bruce popped in at the start of the month to record his three minute short film on the row that focuses on a fantastic poem by Tony Corbin of Basinsgtoke Writer’s Circle – all twelve verse readers read beautifully, a huge thank you to Jake, James, Jamie, Lynne, Dan, Mary, Shirley, Joan, Stephen, Tony and Jacqui. After Lynne and Dan had read, I stole them for a quick photo… but I promise I gave them back afterwards.
And on a final note, thank you to Chris for sending me this fantastic screenshot below – the online computer game Guild Wars allowed players to dye their costumes and armour pink to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month and raising money for breast cancer supporting charities. It was a tremendous success – well done chaps.
Many thanks to Max, Rosie, Mitch and Caroline for all donating via the justgiving page – we’ve just passed the £15,000 which is brilliant, hopefully the pennies will keep rolling in for Breakthrough. Finally I leave with a link to a youtube video that celebrates the best town in the world – please check out Dan’s ‘Basingstoke Tribute 2010′ x
