TRACK US ON OUR EPIC JOURNEY LIVE
Until now.. nobody has ever been truly barmy enough to row a boat from the most
north easterly tip of mainland Britain to the most south western point.
John O' Groats
The most Northern Tip of Great Britain is where our journey begins,with some of the stormiest waters in Europe.
Grimsby
The crew change boats into a Cornish Pilot Gig and row from dawn till dusk along the rivers and canals to Leicester.
Leicester
Let the party begin (hosted by Leicester City FC at The Walkers Stadium), with your chance to talk to the brave crew.
The Bristol Channel
Back into the sea – starting on the river which has the strongest tides in Europe!! The guys are going to have to work hard.
Land's End
The finish line, all they have to do now is negotiate the Rocks and Wrecks around the Mystic waters off Cornwall to a safe port.
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Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:03:45 +0000
20:00 19/07/10 Its been 48 hours since the RNLI towed us into Grimsby for the last time. Some of us have been to work and some have had a day with their families…but I am sure we have all reflected upon the last 3 weeks of adventure. We’ve had so many highs and so few [...]  |
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Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:05:22 +0000
It seems our exciting adventure is over with another call to the Humber emergency services! This time we come under the auspice of the RNLI as we are officially in the North Sea rather than our earlier rescue by the Humber Rescue! We were going so well….the estuary was behind us and, although sea conditions [...]  |
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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:31:23 +0000
17/07/10 21:30 Alas, had to be rescued again… In the shipping lanes and going nowhere fast, in fact we were going backwards. A call to the good men of the RNLI, and our adventure is now on hold while we regroup. Will know more in the morning, after a crew conflab. Now off to buy [...]  |
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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:20:12 +0000
15:00 17/07/10 We’re in the North Sea!! No comments or jokes please to our families about ‘The Deadly North Sea’ till we’re back on dry ground! The marina control tower suddenly released us between 2 Clippers coming in and allowed us to take advantage of high tide. We had left port by 11:30 and been [...]  |
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Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:24:23 +0000
10:50 17/07/10 It’s a fun but frustrating start to the day. The weather is perfect – blustery winds from the South that will assist our north progress. We were told that we would be able to leave Hull before 11, we were ready by 9:30 but the Clipper race organisers have imposed a no go [...]  |
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Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:03:47 +0000
13:00 16/07/10 It seems strange to be back in the office, albeit for a short stint!! Seeing the Leicester Mercury billboards exclaiming our rescue has caused quite a sense of humour in the shop…..but does make you realise how dangerous the next leg will be! We left Paul Williams in Hull monitoring the weather and [...]  |
