Before we started organising this trip, everything seemed incredibly straight forward. But the devil is always in the detail and it is with great enthusiasm that we say thank you to the whole team at The Environment Agency and British Waterways. Special mention to Chris Stanley from BW, for his dedication to answering many many emails [...]
Archive for May, 2010
People who are helping us: British Waterways & Environment Agency
Posted in Planning, Supporters on 10/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
People who are helping us: Jones Boatyard
Posted in Equipment, Planning, Supporters on 10/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Organising the logistics for a trip like this is so much easier when there are other people willing to help out. We wouldn’t get far without the lock keys necessary to operate each of the 113 locks on our route – and rising costs would be one of the greatest dangers to getting this voyage [...]
More about this morning
Posted in Nature, Technique, Training on 03/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Big one this morning – we left at 06:00 to try and get to Byron’s Pool and back before 10:00. Byron’s pool is beyond Grantchester and as far as you can get in a punt from Cambridge (unless you’re into adventure punting, that is). It’s about a 10km round trip, and 2.5km per hour is [...]
The second first of the day!
Posted in Training on 03/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Not only is this the first time we have reached Byron’s pool during training, it is the first mobile post. Let’s hope this works so we can give you live updates on the trip!
We are still open for donations!
Posted in H4H on 01/05/2010 | 5 Comments »
We’re raising money for Help for Heroes – please take a moment to show your support.
