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We take our final bow

Posted By Richard the Rower on March 22nd, 2010
Filed In: Bupa Group UK

Steve and Rich… As we post this blog two tired but content ocean rowers are approaching the island of Antigua tracking the light of Cape Shirley lighthouse. We might think the time is nearing that our 3 year journey concludes as the last few miles to are Antigua are completed. But we would be wrong, We started our campaign nearly three years ago and the main event of rowing from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other is [...]

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Hope?

Posted By Richard the Rower on March 14th, 2010
Filed In: Bupa Group UK

Steve… Sun rose this morning.. Another day on the oars is nearly over, and as each rowing  shift and day goes by we have to be a little more inventive with seat arrangements to make sitting on the rowing position bearable,, The accumalitve pressures sore is constantly pushing us to find new ways to provide comfort,, beleive it or not, I have almost gone full circle and now the minimum cushioning appears to be working, I have cut up a [...]

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