http://blog.worldrecordrow.com Dave Holby - World Record Rowing Attempt for Breast Cancer Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:56:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The support of everyone in town over the last two years has just been phenomenal and through public donations alone we have raised over £13,000. A sponsorship package for both local and national companies has now been created to help us raise even more in the hope of hitting our fundraising target of £55,000 ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/07/a-bid-for-corporate-sponsorship/ Current Location - South Atlantic 32059km rowed... 7016 km remaining Goodness me, what a scorcher! Glorious sunshine over the last few weeks has caused me to sweat off at least half a stone in weight which bearing in mind I'm built like a twiglet anyway meant I was on the verge of disappearing altogether. Fortunately I've ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/07/rowing-in-june/ Current Location - South Atlantic 31346 km rowed... 8729 km remaining Guys firstly hugest apologies for being a scally wag and not blogging in April - consider my hands severly slapped and prepare yourselves for an even bigger account of buttock trauma to make up for it. Firstly, and most importantly, there has been ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/05/rowing-in-may/ Current Location - South Atlantic 28612 km rowed... 11463 km remaining Well it's been a long drop from Alaska but at last we've hit the most southerly point of the virtual route - all north from here on in! It will take a bit of time to cross the Atlantic but once we ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/03/rowing-in-march/ Current Location - Braganca, Brazil 27896 km rowed... 12179 km remaining Never in my life have I been more desperate for the arrival of spring! After ripping a gaping hole in my long johns last week I've just about had enough of violent head winds up my trouser legs... cursing the weather and clenching ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/03/rowing-in-february/ Guys I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all the brilliant chaps and chapesses at Manor Field Junior School for a wonderful day x My lovely friend Jenny teaches in Year 6 (big shout to Upper Jenny Bunkle!) and I was lucky enough to get the chance to talk with ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/02/manor-field-junior-school/ Current Location - Braganca, Brazil 26514 km rowed... 13561 km remaining Now I know that a rather unfortunate by-product of the rowing has been a constant and disturbing monolgue on my part concerning my terribly battered buttocks but the weather has been so bitter of late that I've been plodding with rather numb cheeks for too long - ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/01/rowing-in-january/ Guys I just wanted to put up a post about an amazing woman called Kelly who vey sadly died from breast cancer on Boxing Day - she leaves behind a gorgeous little boy called Finley, her husband Jason, and a wonderful family. Many will know Kel as a beautiful woman ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/01/in-memory-of-kelly-x/ Current Location - Macapa, Brazil 25111 km rowed... 14964 km remaining Time for the old winter thermals to make an appearance! I always look forward to the thought of rowing in freezing temperatures to show rugged grit, manly defiance  and steely determination but as soon as it actually happens I find it utterly miserable ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2010/01/rowing-in-december/ Current Location - Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela 22887 km rowed... 17187 km remaining Good heavens! Buttocks of burning agony!! On Saturday 7th James Burrows and I began rowing in the attempt to set two individual endurance world records. If Jim could row for a minimum of 25 hours, he would set a new record ... http://blog.worldrecordrow.com/2009/11/rowing-in-november/