Party with the crew!
Published on 05/07/2010

As you might have realised if you’ve been following the blog, all this rowing is obviously very thirsty work!

 

If you’d like to buy them a beer or two (and remember to save a few pennies for the collection bucket too – all this hard work is being fearlessly undertaken for some very good causes), you’ve got three opportunities coming up.

 

The crew will be throwing three parties in the coming days as they pass through the heartlands of England, so why not join them, raise a glass or two and keep their spirits – and their fund-raising total – up?

 

 

Birmingham – Thursday 8th July 2010, 7 – 9pm
Pitcher Piano
The Water’s Edge, Brindley Place
Birmingham B1 2HP

Leicester – Saturday 10th July 2010, 4 – 6pm
with special guests Willie Thorne and Andy Abrahams
The Colourworks
2 Westbridge Close
Leicester LE3 5LW

Nottingham – Sunday 11th July, 2010 4 – 6pm
Via Fossa
44 Canal Street
Nottingham NG1 7EH

Preambles

Some people drive it, others cycle it, and the very ambitious walk from John O’Groats to Land’s End. But 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. Until now.

 

There are many reasons why such a journey by rowing boat could be considered a rash undertaking. There are the 1,097 miles of sea, river and canal for starters. There are the three weeks of a punishing schedule of row, eat, sleep, row again.

Who could be crazy enough to attempt such a feat? And why?

 

Step forward Lumbers’ Captain Dominic Gomersall and his merry crew: Olympic rower Gary Reid, Leicestershire businessman Ian Mattioli, Andy Lyon from PWC, and Paul Bassett from Lumbers. The crew will be completed by another Tigers star for the 2010 challenge.

 

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